U.S.-led tariff war inflicts pain all over
A Florida boat builder absorbs $4 million in lost business and expects more pain. An Ohio pork producer is losing access to a vital export market and fears the damage will last years.
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Was a breastfeeding infant really taken from an immigrant mother? The answer to this and other questions about families separated at the border - Last month, U.S. Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions announced the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy of charging migrants in federal criminal court How Trump Diverged From Other Presidents and Embraced a Policy of Separating Migrant Families - WASHINGTON - Almost immediately after President Trump took office, his administration began weighing what for years had been regarded as the nuclear option in the effort to discourage immigrants from unlawfully entering the United States.
‘Prepared for war’: As Mueller moves to finalize…
Was a breastfeeding infant really taken from an immigrant mother? The answer to this and other questions about families separated at the border - Last month, U.S. Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions announced the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy of charging migrants in federal criminal court How Trump Diverged From Other Presidents and Embraced a Policy of Separating Migrant Families - WASHINGTON - Almost immediately after President Trump took office, his administration began weighing what for years had been regarded as the nuclear option in the effort to discourage immigrants from unlawfully entering the United States.
Austria wants EU leaders to agree on strengthening Frontex in September
Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz hopes that European Union leaders will reach an agreement on strengthening the border agency Frontex at an informal meeting in September, he told the newspaper Der Standard. FILE PHOTO: Austria's chancellor Sebastian Kurz attends a news conference with German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer in Berlin, Germany, June 13, 2018.
Italy to Turn Away New Migrant Ships From Libya
Italy won't allow two ships allegedly carrying migrants and asylum seekers from Libya to reach its shores, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said, in comments highlighting the risk for further spats between the populist government in Rome and its "Two other ships with the flag of Netherlands -- Lifeline and Seefuchs -- have arrived off the coast of Libya, waiting for their load of human beings abandoned by the smugglers," Salvini wrote Saturday on his Facebook account. "These gentlemen know that Italy no longer wants to be complicit in the business of illegal immigration, and therefore will have to look for other ports where to go."
‘Special place in hell’: Trump’s top advisers accuse Trudeau of betrayal
A generation after Richard Nixon called Justin Trudeau's father an "asshole," Donald Trump's administration broke new ground in American political trash talk Sunday when a presidential adviser said there's a "special place in hell" for Canada's current prime minister. The insult came in one of two blistering attacks by Trump's top aides for what they saw as Trudeau's betrayal of the president at the end of the weekend's G7 summit.
Trump takes more swipes at Canada after arrival in Singapore
President Donald Trump took more swipes at Canada and its prime minister over trade issues as he settled in for a summit with North Korea in Singapore, contending that "Fair Trade is now to be called Fool Trade if it is not Reciprocal." Trump roiled the weekend Group of Seven meeting in Canada by agreeing to a group statement on trade only to withdraw from it while flying to Asia.
US blames Canada for G7 fiasco, says Trudeau ‘stabbed us in the back’
The US blamed Canada on Sunday for the disastrous ending to the G7 summit, saying Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "stabbed us in the back," while American allies held Washington responsible. Just minutes after a joint G7 communique was published Saturday in summit host city Quebec, President Donald Trump launched a Twitter broadside, taking exception to comments made by Trudeau at a news conference and saying he had instructed US representatives not to endorse the joint communique.
The Latest: Merkel finds Trump’s action sobering, depressing
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participates in the G-7 Working Session with Outreach Countries and International Organizations at the G-7 Summit in La Malbaie, Quebec on Saturday, June 9, 2018. LA MALBAIE, Quebec - The Latest on the trade fallout after the Group of Seven meeting in Canada : German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she finds President Donald Trump's tweet disavowing a common statement after the Group of Seven summit in Canada "sobering" and "a little depressing."
Will EU Forge Closer Ties With China While U.S. Stands Alone?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a forceful pitch for Europe to play a more assertive role in global affairs as U.S. President Donald Trump dismantles the post-World War II order, setting the stage for a potential tense standoff at the Group of Seven summit this week. Richard Bravo reports from Brussels on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
Trump talks tough on trade ahead of G-7 meetings in Canada
The European Union says it will start imposing duties from July on a list of U.S. products in response to President Donald Trump's decision to slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Europe. The European Union says it will start imposing duties from July on a list of U.S. products in response to President Donald Trump's decision to slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Europe.
Ap Fact Check: Trump on border stats – and a Merkel mystery
Illegal border crossings, as President Donald Trump measures them, have gone up since he took office, even as he speaks to audiences about a drop of more than 40 percent. That disconnect was among several that stood out over the past week as Trump opened up on the Russia investigation via Twitter, forsaking accuracy in the process, and made the false claim that he's delivering the first big military pay increase in a decade.
Will Europe stand up to American Pressure?
Europe has decided to assert its independence: it will not revise its agreement with Iran and will not comply with US sanctions. When Washington tore up the Iran deal, that was the last straw for the European Union.
EU to Trump: stop threatening us with tariffs
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives for a dinner with EU and Western Balkan heads of state at the Sofia Tech Park in Sofia, Bulgaria, Wednesday, May 16, 2018. . French President Emmanuel Macron, left, is greeted by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov as he arrives for a dinner with EU and Western Balkan heads of state at the Sofia Tech Park in Sofia, Bulgaria, Wednesday, ... .
Macron Hailed as European Unifier, but Reality Remains Elusive
After failing to coax Washington to stick with the Iran nuclear deal, and facing protests at home over his labor and pension reforms, French President Emmanuel Macron may find solace Thursday in Germany, where he will be given a prestigious European award for another key ambition: far-reaching goals to reform and revamp the European Union. The Charlemagne Prize, which he will receive in the German spa town of Aachen, remains more of an aspirational nod to Macron's European ambitions than his ability to actually unify the region.
Marx’s Birthplace Unveils Massive Statue Of Communist Founder From China
Trier, Germany, the birthplace of Karl Marx, erected a statue to celebrate the founder of communism's 200th birthday Saturday, less than 30 years after communist regimes literally divided the country. The west German town, just about as far from Berlin as one can be and still be in Germany, unveiled an 18-foot-tall statue of its native son Marx - covered before the ceremony in dramatic red cloth - to both cheers and protests.
Germany vows to take tougher stance on migrant deportations
Hundreds of German police officers raided a refugee shelter in the southern town of Ellwangen on Thursday, days after an angry mob of migrants prevented authorities from deporting a 23-year-old man from Togo. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer vowed he would do everything he could to clamp down on illegal immigration, speed up asylum procedures and deport rejected asylum-seekers as quickly as possible.
Administration puts off decision on tariffs for EU, others
The White House is postponing a decision on imposing tariffs on U.S. imports of steel and aluminum from the European Union, Canada and Mexico for 30 days, avoiding the potential for a trade battle with Europe as the U.S. prepares for tense trade talks in China this week. The Trump administration said Monday it had reached an agreement with South Korea on steel imports following discussions on a revised trade agreement, the outlines of which were previously announced by U.S. and South Korean officials.
How the EU will fight Trump trade tariffs
President Donald Trump will decide by midnight Monday if the U.S. will slap permanent aluminum and steel tariffs on the European Union, inflaming trans-Atlantic tensions and raising the chances of a global trade conflict. Washington imposed a 25 percent tariff on steel and 10 percent on aluminum products on March 23, saying the imports threatened national security.
Desperately needed: an American foreign policy
The United States has a national security strategy and a national defense strategy. Both were written by professionals.