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In a remarkably public confrontation, House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican allies of President Donald Trump pleaded with him Monday to back away from his threatened international tariffs, which they fear could spark a dangerous trade war. Trump retorted: "We're not backing down."
U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer adjusts his headset during a news conference regarding the seventh round of NAFTA renegotiations Monday in Mexico City. WASHINGTON – In a remarkably public confrontation, House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican allies of President Donald Trump pleaded with him Monday to back away from his threatened international tariffs, which they fear could spark a dangerous trade war.
President Donald Trump says 'we're not backing down' on his push to impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum despite criticism from fellow Republicans. WASHINGTON - In a remarkably public confrontation, House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican allies of President Donald Trump pleaded with him Monday to back away from his threatened international tariffs, which they fear could spark a dangerous trade war.
President Donald Trump insists he is "not backing down" on his plan to impose stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminium despite anxious warnings from House Speaker Paul Ryan and other congressional Republicans of a possible trade war. The president said North American neighbours Canada and Mexico would not get any relief from his plan to place the tariffs on the imports but suggested he might be willing to exempt the two longstanding allies if they agreed to better terms for the North American Free Trade Agreement.
An influential U.S. lawmaker said on Sunday all fairly traded steel and aluminum, especially from Canada and Mexico, should be excluded from President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs, as he sought to calm tensions at major trade talks in Mexico. Kevin Brady, chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over U.S. trade policy, was speaking on the sidelines of the latest round of NAFTA talks among the United States, Canada and Mexico, where he said there had been progress in reworking the 24-year-old trade deal.
Today, let's take a moment to apologize to the people of Mexico over the boorish behavior of President Trump, who continues to press the insane demand that they pay for his wall. It's not going to happen.
On Feb. 18, 1678, the first part of "The Pilgrim's Progress," a Christian allegory by English author John Bunyan, was published in London. In 1930, photographic evidence of Pluto, now designated a "dwarf planet," was discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
With ready-made materials and artifacts, Danh Vo's art recasts the historical events and political ideas that have shaped his world. Vo in his home in Mexico City.
Border Patrol agents on horseback next to the secondary border fence near the Brown Field Border Patrol Station in San Diego in April. Border Patrol agents on horseback next to the secondary border fence near the Brown Field Border Patrol Station in San Diego in April.
People pass border wall prototypes as they stand near the border with Tijuana, Mexico, on Thu., Oct. 19, 2017, in San Diego. Companies are nearing an Oct. 26 deadline to finish building eight prototypes of President Trump's proposed border wall with Mexico.
I didn't plan to meet Jessica Esparza every two years, but interesting changes kept happening in her life. Jessica is an undocumented immigrant, brought to the U.S. by her parents as a child.
With tomato prices soaring above $35 per carton in mid-December, some customers are cutting back, and shippers expect market conditions will be tight into the new year. Set back by Hurricane Irma in September, season-to-date shipments of Florida tomatoes this fall have totaled 3.44 million cartons through Dec. 9, down 54% from 7.4 million cartons the same time a year ago, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Over 1,000 people were up well before the sun rose Tuesday morning to celebrate Dia de la Virgen de Guadalupe at St. Peter Claver Parish. People packed the pews before 5 a.m., when the feast day celebration for Our Lady of Guadalupe began.
Mayor Ed Lee, who oversaw a technology-driven economic boom in San Francisco that brought with it sky-high housing prices despite his lifelong commitment to economic equality, died suddenly early Tuesday at age 65. A statement from Lee's office said the city's first Asian-American mayor died at 1:11 a.m. at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Lee was surrounded by family, friends and colleagues.
An Imperial Beach man was sentenced Monday morning for fatally stabbing his boyfriend 24 times and dumping his body in a ravine. David Enrique Meza was sentenced to life in prison.
FBI Special Agent in Charge of the El Paso field office Emmerson Buie Jr. speaks during a press conference at the FBI field office, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017, in El Paso, Texas, about the death of a border patrol agent and the severe injuries of a second agent. FBI officials said Tuesday that officers are investigating the incident as a "potential physical assault" on federal officers, but said there are several scenarios that might have led to the agents' injuries.
Canada and Mexico will not make counterproposals to U.S. demands for tougher NAFTA automotive content rules but instead will offer rebuttals and pepper American negotiators with technical questions on Monday, people familiar with the talks said. A NAFTA banner is seen during the fifth round of NAFTA talks involving the United States, Mexico and Canada, in Mexico City, Mexico, November 19, 2017.
Ramon Ruiz Ortiz, 36, of Moreno Valley, is now living with his brothers in Ensenada, Mexico on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017 after being deported. Margarita Ruiz, 66, of Moreno Valley, hugs her son Ramon Ruiz Ortiz, 36, while visiting him in Ensenada, Mexico, on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017.
Officials from the United States, Canada and Mexico are meeting in Mexico City for the fifth of seven planned rounds to update the North American Free Trade Agreement, from which U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw. Time is running short to seal a deal by the deadline of end-March 2018.