Tag: Government policy
As the UN Ocean Conference opens in France, a push to turn promises into protection
NICE, France — The third United Nations Ocean Conference opens Monday as pressure mounts for nations to turn decades of promises into real protection for the sea. The summit comes as just 2.7% of the ocean is effectively protected from destructive extractive activities, according to the nonprofit Marine Conservation Institute. That’s far below the target…
New disputes emerge ahead of US-China trade talks in London
BEIJING — U.S.-China trade talks in London this week are expected to take up a series of fresh disputes that have buffeted relations, threatening a fragile truce over tariffs. Both sides agreed in Geneva last month to a 90-day suspension of most of the 100%-plus tariffs they had imposed on each other in an escalating…
ICE chief defends agents’ use of masks, decries sanctuary jurisdictions
BOSTON — The head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday defended his tactics against criticism that authorities are being too heavy-handed as they ramp up arrests toward President Donald Trump’s promises of mass deportations. San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said he was “deeply upset” by an ICE operation at a popular Italian restaurant…
Can Trump fix the national debt? Republican senators, many investors and even Elon Musk have doubts
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump faces the challenge of convincing Republican senators, global investors, voters and even Elon Musk that he won’t bury the federal government in debt with his multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package. The response so far from financial markets has been skeptical as Trump seems unable to trim deficits as promised. “All of…
What is the Court of International Trade? And why can it strike down Trump’s tariffs?
WASHINGTON — A little-known federal court threw a giant monkey wrench into a foundational part of President Donald Trump’s economic agenda by striking down most of the sweeping tariffs he has imposed since taking office. The Court of International Trade, based in New York, on late Wednesday said that Trump had overstepped his authority by…