Trade

Advocates for Oregon’s fishing industry say cuts to the federal workforce and global trade tensions could hurt a sector already contending with low domestic demand.

A 77-year-old retiree in Kennewick empowers young women welders at a local trade school with a trailer project — sparking skills, friendship and a dream journey to Texas in an upcycled camper named Isabella.

The West Coast seafood industry is caught in the crosshairs of tariff uncertainty. Oregon industry and government officials asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to step in and lessen damage to the industry.

Since President Trump levied a 10% tariff on goods entering the U.S. from all countries in early April, Oregon business owners have told state leaders the cost to do business is going up. Company owners say they fear the uncertainty around tariffs has already done lasting damage to the state’s trade relationships.

President Trump said the trade deal with the U.K. was "full and comprehensive," though details were not immediately available.

The CEO of Showers Pass/Vvolt says he doesn't have the cash to bring his products over from China.

Economists and companies warn that consumers have yet to feel the full effect of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, but that prices are likely to spike this summer.

Nearly half of Oregon’s hospitals lost money on day-to-day operations last year, according to a new 2024 financial report from the Hospital Association of Oregon. Among the hospitals that made money providing care last year, many had a “negligible” margin, or profits that amounted to less than 3% of their operating revenue.

“The Senate cannot be an idle spectator in the tariff madness,” said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon.

After a news report earlier Tuesday, Amazon spokesperson Tim Doyle said a team only considered listing import charges on items in its ultra-low-cost store. "This was never approved and is not going to happen."