Facing intense pressure to bring down inflation any way they can, members of US President Joe Biden’s administration are reviewing whether to drop some of the billions in tariffs on China imposed by their predecessors. They should — not just because of the cost to Americans of leaving them in place, but because of the impact on ordinary Chinese. The ...

The auto industry is set to be transformed by the shift to electric vehicles from internal combustion engines and the introduction (any day now, trust me on this one) of fully self-driving automation that will turn drivers into passengers. Ferrari NV is reluctantly (and slowly) participating in the former, but it’s resolutely against letting artificial intelligence get behind the wheels ...

  Could this economic slowdown be different for industrial companies? There are valid reasons to think so, but it’s becoming harder to make the argument. The unwinding of the pandemic surge in consumer demand for physical goods has picked up in recent weeks, with retailers from Target Corp. to Walmart Inc. and Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. sounding a cautious note ...