Commerce

SHANGHAI — Just days before the coronavirus shut down the Chinese city of Wuhan and changed the world, the Trump administration and China signed what both sides said would be only a temporary truce in their 18-month trade war.Since then,…

Storage tanks stand at Pelham Junction and the Colonial Pipeline Co. tank terminal in Pelham, Alabama, USA on Monday, September 19, 2016.Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesUS Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Sunday the federal…

The US Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday named Suzanne Clark as its next chief executive, one of the most powerful roles in business, ending a 24-year tenure for Thomas J. Donohue.Ms. Clark will run a bitterly divided Washington as the…

WASHINGTON - The commercial division has taken on a new role in recent years and has extensive powers over issues such as technology exports and climate change. On Tuesday, President Biden's candidate to run the sprawling agency, Gina M.…