Will Mauldin
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Former State Department, foreign policy & trade reporter at The Wall Street Journal. Small biz owner. Ex-Bloomberg. Mississippian who survived Moscow & NYC.
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I pressed Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova for a response to the latest U.S. calls to free
@evangershkovich
. She didn't directly respond. (Photo by
@amanda_m_macias
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Pence says Biden is a "cheerleader for communist China" but Harris faults Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports followed by a phase one trade deal: "You lost that trade war with China," she says.
#VPdebate
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The United Steelworkers don't support the Trump administration's latest steel-tariffs move, which extends the duties to Canada. "This decision is unacceptable and calls into serious question the design and direction of the administration's trade policy."
@steelworkers
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Breaking: EU's Juncker says the bloc will react to the proposed U.S. steel action with tariffs on motorcycles (Harley-Davidson), bourbon whiskey and blue jeans.
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Populism doesn't stop at the border. Mexican congressman Guerra scales the wall/fence to make a political statement.
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New: Sen.
@RonWyden
sends letters to the White House's Peter Navarro,
@USTradeRep
& cabinet secretaries demanding to know if Biden has come up in China trade talks.
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Breaking: Firms affected by steel tariffs just filed a high-profile constitutional challenge to the law Trump is using for duties on metals and possibly cars.
#Section232
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@steelworkers
More from
@steelworkers
, suggesting frustration with the administration if not a rift: "The regular chaos surrounding our flawed trade policies is undermining the ability to project a reasoned course and ensure that we can improve domestic production and employment."
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How a private-equity manager took on Congress and the nation’s newspapers and won tariffs on newsprint under Trump.
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Pres. Obama cites "very clear proof" Russia engaged in cyber attacks to influence the U.S. election and warns against a cyber arms race.
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Breaking: The Biden administration has imposed a temporary freeze on U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE as it reviews billions of dollars in weapons transactions approved under Trump, according to U.S. officials. By
@wstrobel
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Biden is poised to recognize the Armenian genocide, U.S. officials said, a step that would inflame ties with Turkey.
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Confused by the tariff confrontation between the U.S. and China? Then have a look at this graphic, which shows how the U.S. is taking aim at lots of smaller Chinese machinery and electrical categories, while China goes after soybeans & big-ticket items. Data from
@PIIE
.
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Today was my last day at
@wsj
. Hard to believe, and hard to write those words. Looking forward to the next adventure.
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Sen.
@ChrisMurphyCT
also raises his voice: "Spare me the righteous indignation," he tells GOP, saying they are criticizing policy execution while blocking State Dep't nominees. "You are at the same time denying the personnel necessary to protect this nation."
"I’m talking to you, would you please pay attention!"
@SenJohnBarrasso
shouts at Deputy Sec. of State for Management McKeon while discussing American citizens in Afghanistan. McKeon, the sole witness at the hearing, says he was only looking at his notes.
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White House: Trump's call with Canada's Trudeau today "very amicable." But Ottawa's readout of the same call shocked Canadian sensibilities
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Breaking: The Trump administration is looking at imposing new tariffs on imported cars under a national-security law it previously used for global steel and aluminum tariffs.
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This is a response by Mexico's foreign secretary to Pres. Trump's tweet this morning: "Mexico decides on its immigration policy in sovereign fashion," Mr. Videgaray tweets, adding that immigration proposals are "unacceptable" in
#Nafta
negotiations.
México decide su política migratoria de manera soberana, y la cooperación migratoria con EUA ocurre por así convenir a México. Sería inaceptable condicionar la renegociación del TLCAN a acciones migratorias fuera de este marco de cooperación.
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“I don’t think they can now call it an ‘international’ forum,"
@Billbrowder
says of Putin's economic gathering in St. Petersburg, which
@StateDept
has urged governments & companies to boycott.
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New: Iranian security officials helped plan Hamas’s attack on Israel and gave the green light for the assault at a meeting in Beirut, according to senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah.
@summer_said
@benoitfaucon
@stephenkalin
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"There's not going to be any backing off by the West, certainly not by the United States," the White House's John Kirby tells me, in response to Putin's military mobilization and threat.
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Free-market Republicans aren't happy. "This is a misuse of presidential tariff authority and counter to congressional intent," says
@SenFinance
Chairman
@ChuckGrassley
.
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New: U.S. officials say they have intelligence that the Wagner Group may provide an air defense system to Hezbollah.
@mgordonwsj
@vmsalama
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Breaking: The U.S. is planning to announce tomorrow that the EU will face steel and aluminum tariffs starting Friday
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A U.S. special-operations unit and a contingent of Marines have been secretly operating in Taiwan to train military forces there, U.S. officials said. By
@glubold
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Blinken: “I am very concerned about the potential for Ethiopia to implode.”
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Lighthizer, Trump’s top trade adviser, is unhappy with his boss’s move to hit Mexico with tariffs. With
@vmsalama
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No partisan divide on China. A bill from
@SenToomey
and
@VanHollenForMD
to sanction Beijing officials over Hong Kong passes the Senate _unanimously_.
@lindsaywise
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Biden says the Office of Management and Budget has joined the Pentagon in erecting barriers to his transition team, risking his national security efforts. Story with
@SabrinaSiddiqui
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In uncharacteristically blunt remarks for a diplomatic meeting, Blinken warned Lavrov of “serious consequences” if Russia confronts Ukraine. Lavrov said Moscow doesn’t want any conflicts but that nations can’t put others’ security at risk.
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Live: Sen.
@JeffFlake
is introducing legislation that would block Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum. GOP aides say the votes aren't there to pass such a bill + override a veto from Trump.
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Excited to be reporting on U.S.
@StateDept
and foreign policy for
@WSJ
after previously covering int'l trade for half a dozen years. Here is my latest story with
@Kate_OKeeffe
: an interview with
@SecPompeo
and exclusive preview of his big China speech.
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Zelensky watches as Biden tells the U.N. General Assembly: "The United States together with our allies and partners around the world will continue to stand with the brave people of Ukraine."
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Trump on
@WTO
today: "The World Trade Organization makes it almost impossible for us to do good business. We lose the cases, we don't have the judges. We have a minority of judges. It's almost as bad as the 9th Circuit."
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Moscow is suspended from UN Human Rights Council. (Not surprisingly, many countries bordering Russia voted with Moscow against the resolution.)
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Everything you always wanted to know about the
#TPP
trade agreement but were afraid to ask:
http://t.co/qQ3I5arCL2
http://t.co/a6jyOrygx6
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Neither side has big tariffs. The EU charges duties of between 11¢ and 29¢ per bottle of U.S. wine, while the U.S. charges 5¢ per bottle of European still wine and 14¢ for Champagne, according to California's Wine Institute.
On Trade, France makes excellent wine, but so does the U.S. The problem is that France makes it very hard for the U.S. to sell its wines into France, and charges big Tariffs, whereas the U.S. makes it easy for French wines, and charges very small Tariffs. Not fair, must change!
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Blinken and Abiy “also discussed the importance of accountability for the atrocities perpetrated by all parties during the conflict, as well as the need for an inclusive and comprehensive process of transitional justice,”
@StateDeptSpox
says.
Today I have met with
@SecBlinken
Anthony J. Blinken, where we held in-depth discussions on various domestic, bilateral & regional issues of mutual interest. We have agreed to strengthen the long standing bilateral relations b/n our countries with a commitment to partnership.
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"We will repair our alliances and engage with the world once again,” Biden says.
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Blinken visits a mosque at Abu Dhabi’s Abrahamic Family House, which also includes a synagogue and church.
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If we're looking at trade balances, China's surplus (not a deficit!) with the U.S. in goods was $375 billion last year, so a reduction of $1 billion would shrink it by a quarter of one percent.
China has been asked to develop a plan for the year of a One Billion Dollar reduction in their massive Trade Deficit with the United States. Our relationship with China has been a very good one, and we look forward to seeing what ideas they come back with. We must act soon!
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In Hungary, Putin mocks
#Ukraine
, says losing always painful, especially losing to milita of "miners & truck drivers"
http://t.co/0IpLCqfvb2
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Thing is, Europe was already at the table when Trump took office, although those
#TTIP
talks had stalled. And so far it's unclear what Europe's deal to buy more soybeans and LNG means in practice.
.
@SecretaryRoss
credits his probes of imports on national-security grounds for bringing Brussels to the table. "If we hadn't had steel and aluminum tariffs, we never would have gotten to the point we are now," he said. "This is a real vindication of the president's trade policy."
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Pacific trade deal would heavily benefit select US sectors while others would see import surge
http://t.co/XWBuwUKTIl
http://t.co/1oQvMbtQWk
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Mexico gets more attention, but Canada is giving the Trump administration more headaches in
#Nafta
talks so far.
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Breaking:
@USChamber
's Tom Donohue sends memo to board warning that the Trump administration's trade tactics risk eliminating millions of jobs.
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Still waiting for Russia to grant U.S. consular officials access to our good friend and colleague Evan Gershkovich.
#IStandWithEvan
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The latest idea for getting grain out of Ukrainian ports is to allow freighters to navigate right through the sea mines (with an escort, of course). Story with
@jmalsin
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"There are a number of areas where we are fundamentally at odds," Blinken said. "It's no surprise that when we raise those issues, clearly and directly, we got a defensive response."
Blinken and Sullivan giving brief statements at the conclusion of the China talks in Alaska.
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Breaking:
@USTradeRep
says US, Canada, Mexico will take longer-than-expected pause before resuming
#Nafta
talks.
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Here’s our explainer, with nearly all rejecting the Mexico-paying-for-the-wall-via-Nafta claim:
#icymi
Mexico is paying for the Wall through the new USMCA Trade Deal. Much of the Wall has already been fully renovated or built. We have done a lot of work. $5.6 Billion Dollars that House has approved is very little in comparison to the benefits of National Security. Quick payback!
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Poetry standoff at the UN Security Council: Ukraine's ambassador switches to Russian, turns to Moscow's deputy foreign minister, and cites Yevtushenko's "The Heirs of Stalin."
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The EU says Trump's steel-tariff plan doesn't have a national-security justification and vows, within days, "WTO-compatible countermeasures against the U.S."
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A big, broad warning to businesses that may have supply-chain ties or customers linked to Xinjiang. And the coordination (from
@CommerceGov
@StateDept
@DHSgov
@USTreasury
) suggests the administration doesn't want to appear soft on China human rights.
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It's surreal that Russia is presiding over an emergency UN Security Council meeting requested by Ukraine. Increasingly isolated, Moscow is showing it can still deflect serious international pressure.
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Sen.
@JeffFlake
sharpens trade rhetoric, linking
#Nafta
concerns, Trump policies and even the Alabama election: "Let's not follow those who...are advocating an ethno-centric or an extreme nationalistic trade policy."
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Canada's
@cafreeland
opens
#Nafta
talks with remarks in English, Spanish and French. The message: We're all friends.
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This is probably everything you need to know about the
#climatechange
talks in Lima.
http://t.co/tcbfKcSPNa
photo AFP
http://t.co/LAA9VjkomH
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.
@RonWyden
and
@RepRichardNeal
bill would require Trump to disclose overseas $$ interests when setting trade policy.
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How admitting China to the WTO altered the trade arbiter, opened up fault lines & triggered US tension. By
@JMSchles
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China's yuan will be put into the basket of elite IMF currencies on Sat., but its use in trade is falling this year.
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The new
#Nafta
(or "U.S.M.C.A.") has 34 chapters and several annexes and side letters. Full text:
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In Jan. 2010, Obama proposed doubling U.S. exports over 5 years. We're not even close.
#SOTU
http://t.co/WxdPBiXqIR
http://t.co/cJwYERrd16
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#ISIS
test-drives a brutal economic system in the cradle of civilization (where crude oil now sells at a discount).
http://t.co/z9J96tL5gD
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“Biden agrees that we should stand together with our allies and partners to press China’s gov't to curtail its economic, human rights & other abuses,"says
@AndrewBatesNC
. "He looks forward to working with both parties in Congress to realize that approach.”
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Author of Trump dossier identified as Christopher Steele, a director of London-based Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd
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.
@WSJ
is tracking these "great new Trade Deals." By our count, there's one deal struck (but not ratified) so far and half a dozen other major efforts to reach broad agreements with trading partners.
Our Country was built on Tariffs, and Tariffs are now leading us to great new Trade Deals - as opposed to the horrible and unfair Trade Deals that I inherited as your President. Other Countries should not be allowed to come in and steal the wealth of our great U.S.A. No longer!
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NEW: More than 40 countries have signed on to a statement at the United Nations criticizing Russia over Evan Gershkovich’s detention.
#IStandwithEvan
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NEW:
@SecBlinken
has determined that our WSJ colleague and friend Evan Gershkovich is wrongfully detained in Moscow.
#IStandWithEvan
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China's latest retaliation list against U.S. exports includes LNG, some aircraft not listed previously and various soy products (soybeans were already included). Today's proposed $60 billion, plus the previous $50 bln, means the majority of U.S. exports of $130 bln are at stake.
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Serious escalation in
#Ukraine
: Russia is firing across border, U.S. says. My updated story with
@julianbarnes
#MH17
http://t.co/On51lqYqvt
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"Iran’s action is a direct threat to freedom of navigation and commerce," Blinken says of the Mercer Street attack at a briefing. "It took the lives of innocent sailors."
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By the way, the Diego Rivera mural below celebrates an earlier trade negotiation here, and probably a less complicated one
For down time during
#Nafta
Talks, I recommend the Picasso/Diego Rivera exhibit, Palacio Nacional & gusano del maguey
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Exclusive: The Trump administration plans to compel e-commerce firms to help in a new campaign against counterfeits
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U.S. lawmakers from states bordering Canada write to
@USTradeRep
Lighthizer to make sure Washington keeps Ottawa in the
#Nafta
talks after warnings about prioritizing Mexico alone.
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The Russian media is focusing on Trump's comments about possibly recognizing the Crimea as Russian & improving ties.
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In a rare move for a president, Trump directly blocks the planned acquisition of Lattice Semiconductor by a China-linked fund.
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From White House readout of Biden-Xi call: "Pres. Biden underscored his fundamental concerns about Beijing’s coercive & unfair economic practices, crackdown in Hong Kong, human rights abuses in Xinjiang, and increasingly assertive actions in the region, including toward Taiwan."
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Turkish and UN officials are saying Russia and Ukraine have agreed on exporting grain from Odessa and other ports, with an official signing expected Friday. Any deal will be tricky to implement in wartime. Story w/
@jmalsin
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Obama plays the China card, warns critics that skipping a Pacific trade deal would imperil Asian economic order
#SOTU
http://t.co/4vT7ylwjn0
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A senior State Dep't official calls the balloon incident an unacceptable violation of U.S. sovereignty: "We have concluded that the conditions are not right at this moment for Sec. Blinken to travel to China."
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“As the Chinese saying goes, it is only polite to reciprocate,” the Chinese embassy says in a statement after the U.S. releases tariffs list
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It's official--the president's "fast track" trade powers, also call trade promotion authority, have been automatically renewed for three years after lawmakers didn't move to revoke them before July 1.
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Machines at Red Wing Shoe Co. use AI to cut leather hides for maximum yield, but the results aren't as good as a highly skilled (and likely retired) human. Amazing story about the lengths manufacturers have to go to to keep producing domestically.
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New: State Department officials serving at the embassy in Kabul sent an internal memo to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and another top official last month warning of the potential collapse of Kabul. By
@vmsalama
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Think the
#TPP
trade deal is dead? Well, businesses are working behind the scenes to salvage at least some of it.
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Where are the deals? Trump is imposing tariffs to get countries to strike trade pacts (1 done so far). Our graphic:
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U.S. business groups write the Trump administration to insist Canada remain a part of
#Nafta
. On this labor unions are in lockstep with
@USChamber
,
@BizRoundtable
@ShopFloorNAM
.
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Israel’s Lapid tells Blinken that Israel is “totally committed” to doing everything possible to stop the war in Ukraine.
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Blinken departs for Egypt and Israel/West Bank. Nice to be travelling with colleagues
@CMcBinDC
@michaelcrowley
@ElizHagedorn
@leobruneau
@nadia_bilbassy
@TracyKWilkinson
@Simondlewis
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Pacific trade push divides Ohio: union leader says he's mad at Obama but a hog farmer's happy.
http://t.co/0g3jHoEMkz
http://t.co/AHquv3cWOo
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.
@JohnKasich
started slowly but then moved into one of the most passionate defenses of free trade the White House has heard in a while.
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We didn’t hear from a single GOP lawmaker who supports Trump’s steel & aluminum tariff plan. But some Democrats do.
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Breaking:Germany's Merkel says EU will discuss stepping up Russia sanctions Saturday; says situation deteriorated (amid her diplomatic push)
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The Huawei problem: Trump now has limited scope to calibrate U.S. restrictions on Huawei without either souring the trade talks with Beijing or else running afoul of the China hawks in Congress and his own administration.
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WSJ’s
@sarasmunoz
asks Blinken at
@CFR_org
about consular officials’ access to our friend and colleague Evan Gershkovich, and he replied that Russia is currently denying access but “we’re not going to stop until we get him home.”
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