How Trump's 'Liberation Day' Tariffs Are Set To Reshape Global Trade
Authored by Emel Akan and Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times,
President Donald Trump is set to announce reciprocal tariffs for all nations starting April 2, the date he has dubbed “Liberation Day.”
Companies, markets, and governments are on edge, expecting the move to send shockwaves across the globe.
Liberation Day will impact all countries, Trump told reporters over the weekend aboard Air Force One. However, some countries will be more vulnerable due to their high trade imbalances with the United States and significant trade barriers against American goods, including China, India, the European Union, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Vietnam, Japan, and South Korea.
The president will reveal details of his tariff plan at a White House Rose Garden event Wednesday afternoon after the stock markets close.
Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office on March 31, Trump stated that his tariff rates will be lower—and in certain instances “substantially lower”—than what other countries have been charging the United States.
“We are going to be very nice by comparison to what they were,” the president said. “We have a world obligation, perhaps, but we’re going to be very nice, relatively speaking. We’re going to be very kind.”................................
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https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/got-immigration-problems-fix-foreign-policy-first/
Got Immigration Problems? Fix Foreign Policy First
As Syria begins to collapse into another civil war, western nations brace for the inevitable surge of Syrian refugees to their borders. Amid a national immigration crisis, America should consider how its own foreign policy perpetuates this problem.
Over 1,500 people have been killed since the clashes earlier in March, including 1,000 civilians. Many call it the worst violence we’ve seen since Bashar al-Assad’s fall in December, yet it’s nothing new for those monitoring the situation since the Arab Spring.
In America, immigration discussions among both political camps overlook how U.S. foreign policy contributes to the growing problem. Syria’s fourteen-year conflict demonstrates how American hard power intervention worsens conditions on the ground for civilians, prompts mass migration, and enables extremists to assume control. Since the beginning of the conflict in 2011, more than fourteen million Syrians have fled the country, with many now residing in neighboring Lebanon and European countries. Politicians refuse to acknowledge the policies that created this crisis, including military intervention, economic sanctions, and aid to extremist groups—all of which drove civilians to seek refuge..................
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Monkey with a Grenade: Ukraine’s Nuclear Doomsday Plot
The ousted Zelensky insider who predicted Russia’s invasion three years early and was fired for spilling the truth about a cruise missile blunder, warns America sees Ukraine as a “monkey with a grenade”—and for good reason based on the doomsday scenario of Ukraine’s military intelligence chief, Budanov.
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https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gulf-states-refuse-launching-pad-for-us-attacks-iran
Gulf states refuse to be launching pad for any US attacks against Iran
Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states have imposed a ban on US warplanes using their air fields or skies to attack Iran after US President Donald Trump over the weekend threatened to bomb the country.
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait have all told the US they will not permit their airspaces or territories to be used as a launchpad against Iran, including for refuelling and rescue operations, a senior US official told Middle East Eye.
The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military planning.
"They do not want to be drawn in," the official said.
The Gulf states’ intransigence is a setback for the Trump administration, which has hoped to use massive air strikes on the Houthis in Yemen as a show of force to corral Tehran to the negotiating table on a nuclear deal......
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The pitch is familiar, isn’t it? A swift blow—maybe a few airstrikes on Tehran’s nuclear sites or a green light for Israel to do the dirty work—and the mullahs will crumble, the region will stabilize, and we’ll be home by Easter. It’s the same tune the warmongers hummed in 1914, when Europe’s leaders promised their boys would be back from the trenches by Christmas. These are also the same deceptions we heard in 2003, when Iraq was sold as a “cakewalk”—a war that would pay for itself with oil and gratitude. Millions of lives and trillions of dollars later, we’re still witnessing that tragedy.
The U.S. has been either directly bombing or participating in bombing the Houthis on and off since 2015. Why should we believe the war cheerleaders that this time will be more successful?................
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Trump Deportations Revealed To Be Full Of Innocent People – LEGAL Immigrants With No Criminal Record
Marine Le Pen slams 'witch hunt' against her party at Paris rally
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cp8j3w0566wo
How the scale of Myanmar's loss is clearer one week after the quake
More than 3,000 people were killed by last week's 7.7 magnitude earthquake, Myanmar's military junta has said. Hundreds more people are missing and the toll is expected to rise.
Rescuers are still unable to reach parts of the country devastated by the quake.
As the BBC's Nick Beake explains, the BBC has been reporting from inside Myanmar during the week, since the disaster struck, revealing widespread devastation.
Some survivors have been pulled out from the rubble but many others have not been as fortunate.
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https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/7/gaza_massacre
Video and transcript at link above.
“Point-Blank”: Israeli Soldiers Execute 15 Gaza Medics & Rescue Workers, Bury in Unmarked Mass Grave
Outrage is growing over Israel’s killing of 15 Palestinian medics and rescue workers north of the Gazan city of Rafah in the predawn hours of March 23. Israel initially claimed the convoy had suspiciously approached troops without headlights or flashing lights, but video footage shows the ambulances had their lights on when Israeli troops opened fire, unleashing a barrage of bullets. A paramedic who was inside the vehicle when it came under fire recorded the video on a cellphone and was among the 15 aid workers killed and buried in an unmarked mass grave. Diana Buttu, a Palestinian human rights attorney, calls the killing “the height of dehumanization.”
Transcript
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.
AMY GOODMAN: For the second time since January, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington, D.C., today to meet with President Trump as Israel expands its ground invasion of Gaza. According to the U.N. relief agency UNRWA, Israeli attacks have killed or injured at least 100 children in Gaza every day since Israel broke the ceasefire in mid-March.......................
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