There are 6 article(s) tagged tariffs:

• April 2025

  • Opinion: The potential impact of tariffs on Memphis

    A slowdown in global trade because of the tariffs could mean layoffs, lower investment or worse for many Memphis companies big and small.

    By Glenn Wegener April 20, 2025

  • Trump’s tariff push is a race against time, and potential voter backlash

    President Donald Trump’s expansive new tariffs reverse a decades-long global trend of lower trade barriers. 

    By The Associated Press April 04, 2025

• November 2020

  • Regime change could benefit Memphis economy

    A Democrat in the White House and divided control of Congress may be good for the city: relaxed trade and immigration policies, more stimulus spending, status quo on taxes.

    By Wayne Risher November 16, 2020

• June 2019

  • China probes FedEx over mishandled shipments for Huawei

    FedEx lands in the crossfire of a trade war between the U.S. and China as an investigation opens into the company's unauthorized diversion of shipments for technology giant Huawei.

    By Wayne Risher June 02, 2019

• April 2019

  • Fullen Dock and Warehouse touts ‘competitive edge’ of Memphis Foreign Trade Zone

    Fullen Dock and Warehouse has received a foreign trade zone designation as part of Memphis Foreign Trade Zone No. 77, which received $1.4 billion in goods in 2017.

    By Wayne Risher April 05, 2019

• November 2018

  • The impact of tariffs

    The tariffs implemented by President Donald Trump’s administration are prompting supply-chain disruptions from coast to coast. 

    By Richard McDuffie November 30, 2018