Ana Swanson

The action aims to enhance American production of crucial materials for electric vehicles, defense systems and other technologies.

The step, announced as U.S. and British officials met in Baltimore, removed trade barriers erected under former President Donald J. Trump.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the World Trade Organization’s director general, said bringing more countries into international production networks could make supply chains more resilient.

The president is targeting shipping companies that have jacked up prices during the pandemic, but critics say bigger economic forces are at work.

Export controls introduced in late February prohibit exporting aircraft that were made in the U.S. or use some U.S. parts to Russia, effectively grounding some…

To try to halt the war in Ukraine, the U.S. and its allies have imposed the most sweeping export controls seen in decades on Russia….