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WASHINGTON – Mitch Spencer’s business costs soared after the U.S. imposed tariffs on billions of dollars in Chinese imports four years ago.

Spencer’s company, Polaris Rare Earth Materials, based in Carmel, Indiana, makes engine parts with its business partner at a factory in China and sells them primarily to the automotive industry in the United States.

Airports and airlines around the world are struggling to keep up as people begin to travel again in earnest after more than two years of the coronavirus pandemic - but are some travel hubs worse than others?

How can the U.S. stop Chinese exporters from evading U.S. tariffs?

For years, that question has plagued U.S. trade officials, as they try to crack down on a practice known as deceptive transshipment, in which Chinese exporters ship their products to a country subject to lower U.S. tariffs, change the country-of-origin label without substantially altering the products and then export those goods to the U.S.

The U.S. is a step closer toward its goal of increasing wind energy capacity by 20% by the year 2030 — a target experts say is not only within reach, but could be more ambitious.

We have entered the busy summer travel season. Since Memorial Day, there have been a slew of flight cancellations and delays that have disrupted business and leisure travelers, pushing everyone’s patience to the brink. U.S. airlines have canceled many thousands of flights.