Manufacturing

California legislative leaders say paint companies have agreed to withdraw an initiative from the November ballot that would have limited their liability for lead paint clean up and authorized state bonds to pay for it.

Energy and Environment

Industry aims to take California to the Supreme Court over lead ruling

John Siciliano · August 20, 2018 7:34 pm

Feds seize $500 million worth of fake designer goods in black market sting operation

Anna Giaritelli · August 16, 2018 9:21 pm

FILE- In this June 5, 2018, file photo, Erik Cordova inspects a steel pipe at the Borusan Mannesmann Pipe manufacturing facility in Baytown, Texas. The U.S. has imposed tariffs of up to 25 percent on thousands of goods including raw metals and finished products from China, Mexico, Canada, India and the European nations, and those countries have retaliated with tariffs of their own on U.S. products ranging from agricultural products to boats. The Institute for Supply Management, said some of its members have said orders from China had fallen, that steel had become more expensive and that companies have had to take on extra inventory, an added cost, in hope of avoiding pricier raw materials.

Majority of manufacturers say tariffs have boosted their costs and will mean higher prices

Diana Stancy Correll · August 16, 2018 2:12 pm

President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with state leaders about prison reform, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J.

The reality and the mandate underpinning Trump’s overheated trade rhetoric

Scott Paul · August 16, 2018 4:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a rally.

Michael Barone: Either Trump is delivering on his economic promises, or he’s very lucky

Michael Barone · August 15, 2018 10:31 pm

Vice President of Engineering and Development of CNX Resources Corporation Andrea Passman stands in a control room that is used for predicting drilling locations at CNX's headquarters on July 30 in Cannonsburg, Pa.

While politicians court Google and Uber, fracking industry offers a different sort of high-tech job

Salena Zito · August 12, 2018 4:00 am

Oyster boats deploy their dredges and work a small section of the Rappahannock River as the sun rises near White Stone, Va.

Trump’s trade war is squeezing America’s boat manufacturing industry and its workers

Washington Examiner · August 11, 2018 4:00 am

Trump’s flip-flop on tariffs burns company that backed his trade war

Pete Kasperowicz · August 10, 2018 4:00 am

President Trump gestures as he arrives to speak on trade at Granite City Works on July 26, 2018, Granite City, Ill.

Anthony Scaramucci: Call it the Granite City comeback

Anthony Scaramucci · August 1, 2018 4:00 am

President Trump speaks about trade at Granite City Works Steel Coil Warehouse on July 26, 2018, in Granite City, Ill.

Trump floats possible 5.3 percent GDP growth in second quarter

Steven Nelson · July 26, 2018 8:57 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

Trump announces campaign rally in Pennsylvania with Lou Barletta

Caitlin Yilek · July 26, 2018 12:47 am

Whirlpool blames Trump’s steel tariffs for driving up raw-material costs

Joe Williams · July 24, 2018 3:12 pm