Louisiana, North Dakota, and Iowa rank as the top three most affected states, thanks to their reliance on agriculture and manufacturing. Others in the top 10, including South Dakota, Oregon, Nebraska, West Virginia, New Mexico, Kansas, and Michigan, show similar vulnerabilities.

Ultimately, those who respond with flexibility and foresight—whether businesses or consumers—will be best positioned to handle the pressures of a tariff-driven economy.

Important measures of the economy like the unemployment rate and inflation have stayed stable so far despite President Donald Trump's trade wars, but that could soon change, forecasters say.

President Trump believes he can force more goods to be made at home by raising taxes on American imports. He imposed new tariffs on cars, steel and aluminum. His particularly steep tariffs on China prompted an escalation that blocked most trade between the countries. He also placed new “ reciprocal tariffs ” on China and dozens of other countries.

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“Billings and architecture firms have been soft since really the end of 2022, but became weaker and more volatile beginning around the third quarter of 2023,” says Baker. “The recent scores since the beginning of the year have been disappointing. First-quarter ABI scores were the lowest since the pandemic.”

President Trump’s top economic advisers stressed on Sunday that they would not be deterred by a recent court decision declaring many of the administration’s tariffs to be illegal, pointing to other authorities the White House could invoke to pressure China and other nations into trade negotiations.

The Court of International Trade on Wednesday struck down most of President Donald Trump's tariffs, ruling he exceeded his legal authority

Market volatility threatens to change how new media functions, mere months after TikTok users had some relief as Trump vowed to “save” the app.

The recent decision by President Donald Trump to double tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from 25% to 50% has sent ripples through the international trade community. This move, justified by Trump as a means to further secure the U.