Pork Producers, Corn Growers Urge Trump to Drop Mexico Tariffs

The president said Thursday that 5% duties could be placed on all imports from Mexico on June 10, rising in increments to 25% in October unless Mexico halts the flow of immigrants heading to the U.S. border. “We appeal to President Trump to reconsider plans to open a new trade dispute with Mexico,” David Herring, president of the National Pork Producers Council and a hog farmer from Lillington, North Carolina, said Friday in an emailed statement.

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Trump Tariffs on Mexico Irk Key Republican Allies in Congress

The president’s announcement Thursday surprised many Republicans who hoped to focus on passing a new trade deal with Mexico and Canada known as the USMCA. Trump said he will impose a 5% tariff on all imports from Mexico -- ramping up 5 percentage points every month until hitting 25% in October -- unless Mexico takes "decisive measures" to stem migrants entering the U.S.

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Chinese Tourism To U.S. Is Down After Years Of Booming Growth - NPR

Chinese Tourism To U.S. Is Down After Years Of Booming Growth  NPR

For years, a record number of Chinese tourists have flocked to U.S. attractions like Hollywood, Capitol Hill and the Grand Canyon. But their numbers are now ...

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Trump heads to London amid Brexit furor and political upheaval in Europe. What could go wrong? - Los Angeles Times

1. Trump heads to London amid Brexit furor and political upheaval in Europe. What could go wrong?  Los Angeles Times
2. Trump UK state visit: Full details including lunch with the Queen revealed  Daily Mail
3. How Trump Undermined Theresa May  The Atlantic
4. Britain is in crisis. So why is President Trump coming to visit?  The Washington Post
5. Trump and May End Relationship That Began Strained and Only Got Worse  Bloomberg
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Passengers May Pay a Lot More. Drivers Won’t Accept Much Less. - The New York Times

1. Passengers May Pay a Lot More. Drivers Won’t Accept Much Less.  The New York Times
2. Uber reports $1 billion loss in first post-IPO quarterly results  Ars Technica
3. Uber lost more than $1 billion in the first quarter  CNN
4. Uber's Earnings Call Provides More Fuel For Lyft's Shares Than Uber's  TheStreet
5. How Uber Hopes to Profit From Public Transit  The New York Times
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Trump would be 'in handcuffs' if not president, says Democrat Warren

Democratic White House hopeful Elizabeth Warren said Thursday that if Donald Trump were not protected by his presidential status, he would be "in handcuffs and indicted" for obstructing the investigation into Russia's 2016 election interference. The progressive US senator from Massachusetts, one of the leading Democrats for the party's 2020 nomination, was the first presidential candidate to speak out in favor of launching impeachment proceedings against Trump. Warren had called for an impeachment inquiry the day after the April 18 publication of special counsel Robert Mueller's 448-page report on Moscow's election interference.

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New Mexico town gets death threats after halting crowd-funded border wall

A New Mexico mayor on Thursday said he and his staff received multiple death threats after they briefly halted construction of a crowd-funded, private border wall by a group that then urged supporters to tell the city to "stop playing games," and alleged it was tied to drug cartels. The Florida-based group has raised $23 million via crowd-funding site GoFundMe.com to build private border walls to halt smuggling and a surge in undocumented migrants, after funding for President Donald Trump's promised wall was blocked. Perea described the tactics of We Build the Wall as a "cheap blow," and the American Civil Liberties Union accused it of pursuing a "white Nationalist" agenda.

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