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: 2.8 anxiety · 4.4 anger · 36.6 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 2026-08-20). Tone split: 23.5% of articles read distinctly negative, 17.6% distinctly positive.

In focus by country

• United States (640)
• Canada (189)
• China (147)
• India (89)
• Brazil (71)
• United Kingdom (38)
• Mexico (32)
• Japan (31)

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 +263.4%, reader interest +25.0%.

Top recent articles

1. Trump says US, Canada reach trade deal, tariffs on farmers to drop to zero — webindia123.com
2. Trump Says Canada Trade Deal Eviscerates Tariffs for American Farmers; Florida Primary Election Highlights — theepochtimes.com
3. Trump tariffs: Canada, U.S. residents weigh in on trade talk — cp24.com
4. Trump says US, Canada reach trade deal, tariffs on farmers to drop to zero — torontotelegraph.com
5. Trump says US, Canada reach trade deal, tariffs on farmers to drop to zero — russiaherald.com
6. Trump Delays 50% Canada Tariffs on $20Billion of Imports Just Hours Before Deadline After Last-Minute Trade Deal — ibtimes.co.uk
7. Trump Is Trying to Wage Trade War with a Shrinking Army — politicalwire.com
8. U.S. and Canada Face Off Over Auto Tariffs — thetruthaboutcars.com
9. Trump pauses 50% Canada tariffs, says the two sides have a 'deal' | Consumer & Business News — news8000.com
10. Trump says US and Canada have reached last-minute deal to delay 50% US tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports — wlec.com
11. Trump says US and Canada reached deal to delay US tariffs on Canadian imports — freerepublic.com
12. Trump says U.S. and Canada have reached last-minute deal to delay 50% U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports — columbian.com
13. Trump delays 50% US tariffs on $20 billion in Canadian imports — wgauradio.com
14. The Latest: Trump says US and Canada reached deal to delay US tariffs on Canadian imports — wsls.com
15. The Latest: Trump says US and Canada reached deal to delay US tariffs on Canadian imports — nvdaily.com
16. The Latest: Trump says US and Canada reached deal to delay US tariffs on Canadian imports — 2news.com
17. The Latest: Trump says US and Canada reached deal to delay US tariffs on Canadian imports — netscape.com
18. The Latest: Trump says US and Canada reached deal to delay US tariffs on Canadian imports — ksat.com
19. Trump delays 50% US tariffs on $20 billion in Canadian imports — wsbradio.com
20. Canada-U.S. trade live: Trump pauses Canadian tariffs — stcatharinesstandard.ca
21. Trump says U.S. and Canada have a deal, pauses tariffs for three days — ckom.com
22. Trump pauses 50% tariffs on Canada, claims trade deal is close | Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide — hellenicshippingnews.com
23. Trump says US and Canada have reached last-minute deal to delay 50% US tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports — coast1009.com
24. White House accuses Azerbaijan, Georgia of helping China evade US tariffs — news.am
25. Electricity tariffs: How will market reform shape your electricity bill? — esi-africa.com
26. Trump pauses 50% tariffs on Canadian goods and says deal reached — businesspost.ie
27. Trump says US and Canada have reached last-minute deal to delay 50% US tariffs on Canadian imports — journalgazette.net
28. Trump says US and Canada have reached last-minute deal to delay 50% US tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports — wohfradio.com
29. Trump hits pause on Canada tariffs threat, and hints at revival of Keystone XL oil pipeline project — mizonews.net
30. US, Canada reach deal to delay 50% tariffs on Canadian imports: Trump — business-standard.com
31. Trump says US and Canada have reached last-minute deal to delay 50% US tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports — wttf.com
32. Trump announces 3-day pause on Canada tariffs as deadline neared — yahoo.com
33. Trump says US and Canada have reached last-minute deal to delay 50% US tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports — abcnews.com
34. What a new round of U.S. tariffs could mean for this non-profit arts group in Montreal — cbc.ca
35. Trump says US and Canada have reached last-minute deal to delay 50% US tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports — joplinglobe.com
36. Trump says US and Canada have reached last-minute deal to delay 50% US tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports — leadertelegram.com
37. Trump says US and Canada have reached last-minute deal to delay 50% US tariffs on Canadian imports — goskagit.com
38. US, Canada reach trade deal to avert steep tariffs, Trump says — aljazeera.com
39. Trump says US and Canada have reached last-minute deal to delay 50% US tariffs on Canadian imports — kcci.com
40. Trump says US and Canada have reached last-minute deal to delay 50% US tariffs on Canadian imports — wvtm13.com

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Related fact-checks

• List shows Canada's tariffs on US goods before trade war
  MisleadingAFP Fact Check · 2025-03-06
• "Hundreds of billions of dollars have been and are coming into our country in the form of tariffs, and China’s eating the cost."
  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 August 20, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0.12% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 17 articles per day.

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

Coverage is up 263.4% 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 -0.43, 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 two 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.