Trade War & Tariffs

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Emotional signature

Anxiety-related words per 1,000 words of matching English-language coverage (LIWC dictionaries via GDELT's GCAM). Latest day: 10.8 anxiety · 9.7 anger · 42 positive emotion. Tone says whether coverage reads negative; these say what kind of negative.

Where this coverage comes from

Share of matching coverage, from GDELT breakdowns (as of 2026-10-04). Tone split: 66.7% of articles read distinctly negative, 33.3% distinctly positive.

In focus by country

• United States (1142)
• Canada (618)
• China (258)
• India (145)
• Iran (89)
• Brazil (83)
• United Kingdom (64)
• Russia (58)

Countries where Trade War & Tariffs coverage concentrates — each links to the stories and headlines for that intersection.

Reader interest (Wikipedia)

Daily human pageviews of the topic's English Wikipedia article (Wikimedia Analytics). Coverage measures what the press supplies; this measures what readers seek out. Week-over-week: coverage +74.8%, reader interest -6.1% — supply and demand are diverging.

Top recent articles

1. India countering tariffs & sanctions through strategic trade ties: PM's top advisor PK Mishra — businesstoday.in
2. Sanctions, tariffs become policy instruments, sometimes weaponised, says PK Mishra — dailypioneer.com
3. Calls For Special E-Mobility Tariffs To Support Fleet Operators in South Africa — cleantechnica.com
4. 'It's so pointless': Dual citizen Michael J. Fox laments Canada-U.S. trade war — ckom.com
5. Carney's first-ever project of national interest, Stelco cites tariffs for layoffs and finance executives bet on prediction markets: Must-read business and investing stories for the week of October 3 — theglobeandmail.com
6. 5 Aggravating Ways Tariffs Are Chipping Away at Your Paycheck — aol.com
7. Sanctions, tariffs turn into policy instruments, sometimes weaponised: P K Mishra — thehindubusinessline.com
8. Tariffs, export controls increasingly being used for strategic purposes: PK Mishra — calcuttanews.net
9. In an Ontario steel town, the trade war and local elections spark conversations about change — theglobeandmail.com
10. Tariffs, export controls increasingly being used for strategic purposes: PK Mishra — indiagazette.com
11. Tariffs, export controls increasingly being used for strategic purposes: PK Mishra — aninews.in
12. Canada scores a dairy win on U.S. soil as farmers grumble about Trump's trade war — cinaradio.com
13. Sanctions, Tariffs Turn Into Policy Instruments, Sometimes Weaponised: P K Mishra — dailyexcelsior.com
14. Sanctions and tariffs: Sanctions, tariffs turn into policy instruments, sometimes weaponised: P K Mishra — indiatimes.com
15. House Candidates Disagree On Tariffs, Oppose Beef Imports — yankton.net
16. 'It's so pointless': Dual citizen Michael J. Fox laments Canada-U.S. trade war — cjme.com
17. Canada Tariffs News Update: What Changed and What to Watch in 2026 — corbeaunews.ca
18. India-US Trade Deal Not Imminent as Tariffs and Key Sticking Points Remain Unresolved — siliconindia.com
19. Canada imposes new tariffs on U.S. farm goods, raising uncertainty for Kern farmers — bakersfieldnow.com
20. Michael J. Fox laments Canada-U.S. trade war, says people-to-people ties still strong — kelownadailycourier.ca
21. Michael J. Fox laments Canada-U.S. trade war, says people-to-people ties still strong — panow.com
22. Michael J. Fox laments Canada-U.S. trade war, says people-to-people ties still strong — pentictonherald.ca
23. Michael J. Fox laments Canada-U.S. trade war, says people-to-people ties still strong — chroniclejournal.com
24. Michael J. Fox laments Canada-U.S. trade war, says people-to-people ties still strong — stcatharinesstandard.ca
25. Kentucky sawmills face mounting closures as tariffs and fuel costs rise — lex18.com
26. Michael J. Fox laments Canada-U.S. trade war, says people-to-people ties still strong – Winnipeg Free Press — winnipegfreepress.com
27. Michael J. Fox laments Canada-U.S. trade war, says people-to-people ties still strong – Brandon Sun — brandonsun.com
28. Some fishermen turn on Trump amid fuel costs and trade war — wdbo.com
29. Lowry: The revolt against tariffs — robesonian.com
30. US House candidates disagree on tariffs, but find common ground on opposition to Trump beef imports — capjournal.com
31. Some fishermen turn on Trump amid fuel costs and trade war — wokv.com
32. Hans Zimmer is 'rooting for Canada' as trade war crescendoes before North American tour — toronto.citynews.ca
33. Eyes on Canada's first jobs' report since U.S. Section 338 tariffs kicked in — actionforex.com
34. US House candidates disagree on tariffs, but find common ground on opposition to Trump beef imports — newscenter1.tv
35. US House candidates disagree on tariffs, but find common ground on opposition to Trump beef imports — mitchellrepublic.com
36. How Kansas became collateral damage in Trump's Canadian trade war — washingtonexaminer.com
37. Hans Zimmer says Canada is a 'wonderful' place amid trade war — cp24.com
38. South Dakota U.S. House Candidates Debate Tariffs, Beef Imports — gowatertown.net
39. Hans Zimmer is 'rooting for Canada' as trade war crescendoes before North American tour — stcatharinesstandard.ca
40. Will Russian oil be economically viable for India if Trump tariffs return? — indiatimes.com

Headlines link to the original publishers. Geotone indexes coverage metadata only and never reproduces article text.

Related fact-checks

• List shows Canada's tariffs on US goods before trade war
  MisleadingAFP Fact Check · 2025-03-06
• “Thousands of companies are leaving China. The supply chain is crumbling because they can’t pay the [Trump] tariffs, and our country has taken over things that you would have never thought.”
  Not the whole storyThe Washington Post · 2020-03-12
• "The unexpectedly good first quarter 3.2% GDP was greatly helped by Tariffs from China."
  Economic Experts DisagreeFactCheck.org · 2019-05-14
• "We’re charging China tariffs. We’ve never taken in 10 cents from China, and now we’re taking in billions and billions of dollars."
  Distorts the FactsFactCheck.org · 2019-05-07
• The United States was “built on Tariffs.”
  Needs context.ny times · 2018-08-15

Via the Google Fact Check Tools API; ratings are the fact-checkers' own.

Frequently asked questions

How much news coverage is Trade War & Tariffs receiving right now?

As of October 4, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0.011% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 3 articles per day.

Is media coverage of Trade War & Tariffs increasing or decreasing?

Coverage is up 74.8% week-over-week (the mean of the latest 7 days compared with the 7 days before).

What is the tone of news coverage about Trade War & Tariffs?

The average GDELT tone of matching coverage is -1.52, which reads as mildly negative. Tone typically ranges from about -10 (very negative) to +10 (very positive).

How are these numbers measured?

Geotone processes the GDELT Project's 15-minute data files every three hours, matching this topic's fixed query against article titles across 65+ languages and aggregating counts and tone by UTC day. Coverage volume is the share of all GDELT-monitored articles matching the topic query; tone is the mean document tone. Full details are on the methodology page.