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Mr. Puzder, a former fast food executive, was nominated in 2017 to be President Trump’s labor secretary, but he withdrew amid bipartisan scrutiny of his business record and character.
The president wants to begin renegotiating a U.S. trade deal with Canada and Mexico earlier than a scheduled 2026 review, people familiar with his thinking said.
The president said the planned duties were a response to China’s failure to curb fentanyl exports.
While much about the threatened tariffs is still unclear, experts predict they would be bad news for all three economies, with few winners.
His administration would have more power to impose economic penalties and travel restrictions, and potentially even take military action inside foreign countries.
Marco Rubio told State Department employees that changes under President Trump “are not meant to be destructive, they’re not meant to be punitive.”
During her Senate confirmation hearing, President Trump’s pick for ambassador to the United Nations said she was willing to leverage U.S. contributions to force changes in pursuit of his “America First” agenda.
On Tuesday, President Claudia Sheinbaum responded point by point to President Trump’s executive orders on migration, trade and other issues.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia praised President Trump’s second inauguration, but the American leader did not return the compliment.
In exchange, the Biden administration released an Afghan man convicted on narcotics charges in 2008.