Relations between the U.S. and Canada could deteriorate further at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday if Trump goes ahead with his plan to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of 好色tv products. The two countries are seeking a truce on the new taxes as the deadline approaches.
remains unclear after a marathon meeting Monday between U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Officials signaled but Israel offered no concrete commitment to the latest .
Trump鈥檚 decision to scale back with South Korea does not just slight a longtime ally 鈥 it about the security interests of the United States in Asia and elsewhere. Trump by citing South Korea鈥檚 refusal to join his war against Iran and pointing to what he said was his good relationship with North Korea鈥檚 reclusive dictator.
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The 1930 tariff law Trump invoked against Canada made the Great Depression worse
After the Supreme Court ruled the president overstepped his authority by imposing double-digit import taxes on almost every country on earth as a national emergency, Trump last month imposed new 鈥 which together account for 99% of U.S. imports, accusing them of allowing forced labor.
And to whack Canada, he invoked Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to impose 50% tariffs, starting Wednesday.
These so-called Smoot-Hawley tariffs are notorious among economists and historians for limiting world commerce and making the Great Depression worse. Never before used, Section 338 allows for import taxes on products from countries that have discriminated against U.S. businesses.
Trump claimed Canada discriminates against U.S. exports of autos, alcohol and cheese.
US criticizes Israeli strikes on Syrian air base
Syrian state TV said eight Israeli airstrikes hit the runway of the Abu Duhur air base early Tuesday, causing damage without inflicting any casualties.
U.S. Ambassador Tom Barrack posted on X that Washington is 鈥渄eeply concerned that the confirmed Israeli airstrikes鈥 constitute 鈥渁n unnecessary escalation that does not advance regional stability.鈥
There was no comment from the Israeli military on the attack and Turkish officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, said foreign fighters used to stay at the base before they were recently asked to leave, and that Turkey, of Syria鈥檚 government, has been rehabilitating the base after the Syrian conflict left nearly half a million people dead.
Ship attacked in Hormuz strait as Iran throttles key waterway
A projectile has hit a ship sailing out of the , according to the British military鈥檚 UK Maritime Trade Operations center, causing 鈥渁 crew casualty鈥 but no environmental damage.
Iranian threats to shipping effectively closed the strait after Israel and the U.S. started the war nearly six months ago.
An Iranian official said Tuesday that the waterway will remain closed until the U.S. meets Tehran鈥檚 conditions, which include ending a U.S. blockade on Iranian shipping, 鈥渞eleasing frozen assets, lifting oil sanctions (and) ending threats and military operations on all fronts.鈥
Turkey urges Trump to seek a diplomatic solution to the war
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Trump in a telephone call to continue to seek a diplomatic solution to the conflict with Iran.
The call came late Monday as the 60-day negotiating period to find a peace deal between the United States and Iran , with no word of an extension and both sides seemingly as far apart as they were at the start.
鈥淧resident Erdogan said it is important to make maximum use of diplomacy amid tensions between Iran and the United States,鈥 according to a statement from the Turkish presidential communications office.
The 60-day deadline for an Iran peace deal is expiring. Here鈥檚 where things stand
The deal that Trump in June set an ambitious 60-day deadline for ending and reaching an accord on its .
The deadline was Monday, and the two sides are further apart than they were then.
Talks, , have focused on reopening the and lifting a U.S. blockade on Iran, both of which were under the interim deal. There has been no sign of any compromise on the strait, or that detailed nuclear talks have even begun.
The U.S., meanwhile, has no good options for getting out of the war it started alongside Israel.
Acceding to Iran鈥檚 latest demands would mean giving it control over a critical international waterway that carried a fifth of the world鈥檚 traded oil and gas before the war 鈥 . Escalating the would further draw down U.S. supplies of , jolt the world economy, and drive up gas prices ahead of U.S. congressional elections.
So both sides have dug in, hoping the other will blink first. So far, neither has.
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Trump鈥檚 slight of South Korea in favor of the North raises broader US security concerns
Trump on Sunday ordered the U.S. military to downsize the 11-day Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises, which began Monday as scheduled. It wasn鈥檛 known which parts of the training were being scaled back.
His announcement baffled many in South Korea, which has been closely allied with the U.S. for decades and where national security is a top priority due to threats from nuclear-armed North Korea.
Trump by citing South Korea鈥檚 refusal to join his war against Iran and pointing to what he said was his good relationship with North Korea鈥檚 reclusive dictator, a transactional and personal approach to foreign policy that has defined the Republican鈥檚 presidency.
鈥淭here is no American interest that I can see in this,鈥 said Dan Fried, an assistant secretary of state for European affairs in the George W. Bush administration. 鈥淥n all levels it makes no sense. It undermines the South Koreans, undermines the Japanese, frightens the Taiwanese, unnerves NATO and emboldens the Chinese, not to mention the North Koreans.鈥
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Long meeting produces optimism but no Israeli commitment to US plan for Gaza
A marathon meeting Monday between U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left unclear, with officials signaling moderate optimism but offering no concrete commitment by Israel to the latest .
Hamas has already . American negotiators appeared to acquiesce to Israeli demands that Hamas disarmament must come before any reconstruction of the devastated Palestinian enclave. They did not publicly signal that Israel had made any commitments to withdraw from the 60% of Gaza that Israeli troops currently occupy.
That鈥檚 a major sticking point in the plan and one that Hamas had pressed negotiators to compel Israel to fulfill prior to the meeting. The talks came days after the to move the ceasefire deal forward, saying there would be no withdrawal without disarmament.
A day earlier, in Egypt.
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Last-minute talks over 50% US tariffs on $20 billion in 好色tv goods
The United States and Canada have wrangled for decades over trade, poking each other interminably over sore spots like 好色tv softwood lumber imports and U.S. access to Canada鈥檚 protected dairy market.
President Donald Trump鈥檚 belligerent approach to dealing with Canada marks an extraordinary departure from the traditionally cooperative relationship between the two countries. Trump has hit 好色tv goods with tariffs 鈥 in a push to bring manufacturing back to the United States 鈥 and has repeatedly made inflammatory comments about turning Canada into America鈥檚 51st state.
Tension could hit new heights at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday if Trump goes ahead with his plan to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of 好色tv products, ranging from hockey sticks to tongue depressors.
As the deadline approaches, the two countries are seeking a truce that would avoid the new round of tariffs.
鈥砏e are negotiating,鈥 好色tv Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters Monday, speaking in French. 鈥淭he negotiations are very intense and delicate. This is not the time to talk about negotiations in public.鈥
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