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Manufacturers say they are worried about tariffs and the tight labor market. But consumers are not feeling the bite of rising costs.

LONDON (AP) — U.S.-based defense contractor Raytheon says it remains committed to its operations in Britain, even as other manufacturers warn that they may curtail investment because of delays in negotiations over the country’s departure from the European Union.

The plurality of Americans say the United States has benefited less than foreign countries in multinational free trade deals, a new poll reveals. In the latest Morning Consult Poll, 32 percent of American adults said the U.S. has benefitted less than

The announcement comes days after Elon Musk inserted himself into the Thailand cave rescue effort, touting a mini submarine that went unused.

Zach Mottl, the owner of American manufacturing company Atlas Tool Works in Lyons, Illinois, is thanking President Trump for his recent tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. In an interview with Fox Business, Mottl praised Trump’s tariffs on foreign countries and their imported

Experts said American industries that use imported metals were going to suffer under tariffs. Instead, they added 27,000 new jobs in recent months and wages for workers are rising.

Workers in two American industries that many economists had consigned to the dustbin of history saw some of the biggest gains in wages, bonuses, and benefits in the start of 2018.

American manufacturing sentiment has reached a 20-year high, according to a new survey released by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM).

People were declaring it “game over” for the northern Minnesota region two years ago. Now the mines, factories, and business of the Iron Range are booming again.

President Donald Trump has time and time again delivered for American workers. Just this month, it was announced that the U.S. unemployment rate has fallen to 3.8 percent, an 18-year low.

Populist conservative author and columnist Pat Buchanan says the “monster of China” that President Donald Trump is currently working to get under control is “the baby of the Republican Party free traders.”

The vast majority of Americans say it is more important for the United States to have a strong manufacturing base than to have an exorbitant amount of cheap, foreign products.

President Donald Trump’s strategic pivot toward tariffs marks the ascent of National Trade Council Director and former University of California Irvine professor Peter Navarro, who has warned Americans for a decade against committing “Death by China.”

Over the last 12 months, manufacturers have added 224,000 jobs. That’s the biggest annual gain since 1998.

Britain’s post-referendum economy is continuing to perform strongly, with manufacturing set to outperform the rest of the economy.

The trade globalist wing of the White House has failed in its efforts to stop President Trump from following through on his promise to protect American industries and jobs by imposing tariffs on imported foreign products.

American manufacturing expanded at the fastest rate since May 2004, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM).

The avid free trade-wing of President Trump’s administration is trying to convince him to weaken his economic nationalist agenda, which is expected to include harsh tariffs on potentially hundreds of imported Chinese goods.

Emerson Electric CEO David Farr says that in the age of President Trump’s economic nationalism, he expects American wages to continue rising “for the next couple of years” as the labor market tightens under strict immigration enforcement.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is urging President Trump to impose tough tariffs on aluminum and steel imports to protect American industries and increase domestic production.

Americans are increasingly supportive of tariffs on cheap, imported goods from foreign countries to protect American industries and workers against wild globalization.

President Donald Trump’s tariff on solar imports has resulted in one of China’s largest solar companies planning to open a manufacturing plant in the United States rather than overseas.

Nikola Motor Company, a hydrogen-electric truck company, announced Tuesday it will build a $1 billion truck manufacturing plant in Arizona.

American manufacturing expanded at a stronger pace than expected in January, close to the fastest pace since 2004.

A trio of economic data released Thursday indicate that the economy is growing, fewer Americans are losing jobs, and manufacturing is strong.

A new report has revealed the harsh working conditions inside the factories of Catcher Technology — a manufacturer of many Apple products — where 90 workers were hospitalized last year after a chemical leak.

British manufacturing has grown at its fastest rate in a decade, roughly a year and a half after the Brexit vote, exceeding gloomy predictions and forcing an economic think tank to upgrade growth estimates for 2017.

California’s new regulations and taxes for recreational marijuana, legal as of January 1, are a threat to the Emerald Triangle cultivators and dealers who have dominated marijuana for almost five decades.

Israel’s annual exports of goods and services are expected to exceed $100 billion for the first time when the final figures for 2017 come in, according to a preliminary report by the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute as well as the country’s Economy and Industry Ministry.

United States manufacturing expanded in December at the fastest rate since 2004, according to a report by the Institute for Supply Management.

U.S. manufacturing had its strongest year since 2004. The industry reported in December increased expansion over three months due to increases in orders and production, according to a report from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM).

Manufacturing growth is accelerating into the end of the year, defying expectations that recent growth would slow, according to data from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve.

Factories are ramping up production to meet the demand for British products as manufacturing order books see a 30-year high – while on the continent, German business confidence is falling.

The flood of Chinese imports into the U.S. does not just cost jobs. It shuts down factories and businesses altogether, with devastating consequences for the communities where they are located.

UK factories are experiencing their best business conditions for four years, with factories needing to increase hiring to cope with the rising demand.