Fireworks buffs may get less bang for their buck this Fourth of July due to the United States' ongoing tariff war with China, which provides 96.3% of this nation's fireworks. That's among conclusions ...

The Trump administration’s trade war with China is already causing headaches for companies supplying fireworks for today’s July 4 celebrations, and it may get worse in 2026, when the United States ...

If you don’t see them, you hear them. On any July Fourth or New Year’s Eve, it’s common to experience the loud pop of a firework or see it colorfully explode into the sky and hang there briefly.

Tariffs on China, which produces the vast majority of the world’s fireworks, aren’t expected to noticeably affect this year’s Fourth of July displays in Maryland. However, the companies behind the ...

Blacksmiths hurl molten iron in remote part of China for “poor man’s fireworks." HONG KONG— -- For much of the next two weeks, millions of Chinese will welcome in the Year of Monkey, which begins ...

Chinese authorities have ordered stores to take a number of alternative firework products off the shelves over safety fears, with authorities warning many so-called “cold fireworks” in fact reach ...

Fireworks have lit up America’s skies on the Fourth of July since 1777. But this year, retailers warn that rising tariffs on Chinese-made pyrotechnics could soon raise the cost of celebrating the ...

LIUYANG, China (Reuters) - From the concrete bunkers carved into the hillside, where workers gingerly handle piles of explosive black powder, to the shopfronts selling colorful boxes of pyrotechnics, ...

Last summer, it was Chinese-made toys, pet food and meat that caused concern. This July 4th holiday, there are new worries about the overly explosive nature of its fireworks. This week, the U.S.

Roughly 70% of all Chinese fireworks entering the United States come here under the control of a Chinese businessman who has used his influence to raise prices and block competitors, leaving many U.S.