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The Food and Drug Administration is considering banning the food dye known as Red No. 3. It's used in candy, snacks and soda. An FDA spokesman says a decision could come "soon".

After months of wrangling and much tension, India and the US have finally released a framework for an interim trade agreement

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, a major oil producer, threatens to impact oil and natural gas markets worldwide.

Efforts to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus have shut down factories across China, part of a vast supply chain the world's economies rely upon. The economic impact is global.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Terry Leonard, editorial director of Stars and Stripes. The Pentagon proposes to cut some funding from the military newspaper, which is editorially independent.

As America experiences a coin shortage, Planet Money takes a look at the value of the penny.

Senior reporter at Wired Kate Knibbs talks about the growing popularity of bidets in the United States due to toilet paper shortages caused by the coronavirus.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Rep. Adam Smith, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, about supply chain issues hindering the military from increasing coronavirus testing capacity.

The National Institutes of Health is giving $248.7 million dollars to seven companies developing new technologies for testing, including use of the revolutionary gene-editing technique CRISPR.

Relations between the economic giants have gone downhill fast since they signed a preliminary trade pact four months ago. The latest tussles over the coronavirus and Hong Kong add to the friction.

The oil industry has faced reduced demand from coronavirus, made worse by a global price war. The Trump administration says it will help by buying up cheap oil for the nation's strategic reserve.

During World War II, the Brooklyn Navy Yard repaired warships. Today businesses on the same site are retooling to make medical supplies.

The president and others have criticized 3M, with some officials alleging profiteering during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the company says cutting exports would be a mistake.

Demand for plexiglass has skyrocketed due to the coronavirus as businesses worldwide install protective barriers.

A new study shows that about half of the entire workforce is now remote. The case for why "this portends a much bigger shift in the economy."

New vaccines usually take years to get the approval of the Food and Drug Administration. But the Trump administration suggests the FDA may greenlight a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year.

At least 18 very large crude carriers, each carrying 2 million barrels of oil, are headed to the U.S. American shale producers and some lawmakers are worried.

President Trump declared that the trade deal with China is still on, despite growing friction between the two countries. China has increased purchases of U.S. goods but is still short of its promises.

Until now, 3-D printers have been something of a novelty. The computer-controlled machines create three-dimensional objects from a variety of materials. Now, they are being discovered by everyday consumers. Jon Kalish reports.

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