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Trump exempted phones and other electronics from his tariffs late Friday

Panama’s opposition speaks out against deal that allows the deployment of US troops in the Central American nation.

European health authorities agree with Donald Trump’s health secretary on some big picture issues - but not on all the details.

Social media users criticized the newly introduced bill "Peanut's Law," which would give animals due process before undergoing euthanasia.

China’s electric carmakers are outclassing their Western competition so much that it’s almost not news at this point. But their technological supremacy hit such a crescendo in recent weeks that even people who aren’t car nerds had no choice but to perk up. 

China now considers wafer fabrication location as origin of chips, no matter where they were packaged or developed, which is good news for those outsourcing to Taiwan, but bad news for those who manufacture in America.

China bans American drones now Trump's tariffs have passed double the levels that were seen in lead-up to World War 2... I know which will have more effect on drone sales!

This year, global trade is undergoing major restructuring amid President Trump’s tariffs on America’s trading partners. The historically strong transatlantic partnership between the U.S. and Europe is now faltering amid the trade war. China might be looking for ways to pull Europe closer, especially with regard to electric vehicles.

America's renewed love of tariffs seems predicated on the idea that the rest of the world wants—needs, even—the kinds of goods we make. And cars are certainly a big part of that plan. But what if the rest of the world turns to someone else for that instead? Maybe, say,…