By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala - Project Syndicate | March 19, 2025
Despite the uncertainty surrounding global trade, there are some bright spots – namely, booming trade in services. And here, ironically, the United States is leading the way, running a services trade surplus with most major economies and generating millions of good jobs for American workers.
The proposal, issued under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, would impose a 10% tariff on economies with full or partial restrictions on forced labor imports and a 12.5% rate on those without such measures
The request comes as President Donald Trump has increasingly questioned the value of the agreement despite signing it during his first term.
The proposed tariff would apply to many Brazilian goods entering the United States, though key products such as beef, coffee, and aircraft parts would be exempt.
China’s foreign ministry said Wang will chair a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York on May 26 before traveling to Canada from May 28 to 30 for talks with Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand
Kevin Morris, a Hollywood lawyer for the president’s son, sued former Trump White House aide Garrett Ziegler in California state court for allegedly impersonating a Democratic operative on a 2022 phone call to gain information from Morris about the laptop.
On the campaign trail, then-candidate Donald Trump called college accreditation a “secret weapon” that he planned to use in his efforts to reform universities.
The Golden State has a history of fiscal irresponsibility that has strained budgets, and Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, is the clearest example.
On Monday, days after a Justice Department lawsuit, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, a Democrat, ordered state agencies to continue denying undercover license plates to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
