Scott Horsley

President Trump signed a partial trade agreement with Japan that promises lower tariffs on U.S. farm exports. The deal does not address Trump's threat to impose a tariff on Japanese cars.

With more imports from China facing tariffs, some companies are trying to avoid the taxes by falsely labeling Chinese products as made elsewhere. One case traces to a dusty factory in the Philippines.

The Trump administration ordered new sanctions on Iran, in response to the attack in Saudi Arabia that temporarily cut off nearly 6% of the world's oil supply. The sanctions' effect may be limited.

There was a time when a strike at General Motors shocked the economy. In an era of global competition and changing tastes, neither GM nor the United Auto Workers are as powerful as they once were.

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday, in an effort to goose the slowing U.S. economy.

The quarter-percentage-point cut will lower borrowing costs for households and businesses. The move is an effort to prolong the decade-old economic expansion in the face of rising headwinds.

Oil prices jumped on Monday in response to a weekend strikes in Saudi Arabia that crippled more than half the country's oil production. It was the single-largest daily surge in crude prices in years.

President Trump announced Wednesday that he would postpone the increase of certain tariffs on Chinese goods from Oct. 1 to Oct. 15. This follows a trade concession by China earlier in the day.

China has granted tariff waivers to a small number of U.S. exports, as the two countries prepare for another round of trade talks. Most analysts are not predicting a quick end to the trade war, even though it's taking a toll on both sides of the Pacific.

Ross is under the microscope again — this time for reportedly pressuring government scientists to back President Trump over a misleading tweet about Hurricane Dorian.

Employers added just 130,000 jobs in August, another sign that the economy is slowing. Job gains for June and July were revised downward. Factories, in particular, have seen a slowdown.

The Labor Department says U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in August, fewer than private analysts had expected. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7%.

Manufacturing activity in the U.S. shrank last month for the first time in three years. Factories are especially sensitive to international forces, including the ongoing trade wars.

The Trump administration leveled new tariffs this weekend on more than $100 billion worth of imports from China, including chocolate, sweet biscuits and chewing gum.

The Trump administration is imposing new tariffs on more than $100 billion worth of Chinese imports. It's the latest escalation in the ongoing trade war.

As the trade war drags on, more manufacturers are looking to relocate from China to avoid Trump's tariffs. A firm that sells Isaac Mizrahi's clothing line has already shifted much of its production.

President Trump lashed out at China and the Federal Reserve and said he's ordering U.S. companies to find suppliers outside of China. There was a sharp sell-off on Wall Street.

President Trump has ordered higher tariffs on Chinese imports, in another escalation of the trade war between the world's two biggest economies.

The U.S. agreed to lift tariffs on imported tomatoes from Mexico. But importers warn that stepped-up inspections could still create bottlenecks, limiting supplies and raising produce prices.

The deficit is expected to swell to $960 billion this year and average $1.2 trillion in each of the next 10 years, according to congressional budget forecasters. They also expect the economy to slow.