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WTO chief: Listen to U.S. tariff concerns

GENEVA (AP) — The World Trade Organization chief urged America’s global trading partners to listen to American concerns about tariffs and engage in dialogue with Washington rather than embrace tit-for-tat measures on tariffs. WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said it’s important for trade partners not to panic but to embrace dialogue in reaction to President [...]

By |2025-03-19T15:25:17-04:00Tuesday, March 11, 2025|

Memo: VA plans to cut 80,000 employees

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning a reorganization that includes cutting more than 80,000 jobs from the agency that provides health care for retired military members, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press. The VA’s chief of staff, Christopher Syrek, informed top-level agency officials of the objective to [...]

By |2025-03-19T15:29:12-04:00Monday, March 10, 2025|

Bill would reauthorize state’s Rural Business Growth Program

A bill that would reauthorize the Ohio Rural Business Growth Program and create a distinct category for businesses in the Appalachian region of the state debuted this week during a Senate Ways and Means Committee hearing. The program, established in 2018, awards non-refundable tax credits to insurance companies that invest in growth funds, which either [...]

By |2025-03-19T15:29:40-04:00Friday, March 7, 2025|

China slaps extra tariffs on imports of U.S. farm products

BEIJING (AP) — China responded to new American tariffs by announcing it will impose additional tariffs of up to 15 percent on imports of some American farm products, including chicken, pork, soy and beef, and expanded controls on doing business with some United States companies. The tariffs announced by the Commerce Ministry will take effect [...]

By |2025-03-07T11:12:52-05:00Thursday, March 6, 2025|

Report: China eyeing U.S. farm exports for retaliation

BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese manufacturers reported an uptick in orders in February as importers rushed to beat higher American tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, as a Chinese state media report said that Beijing was considering ways to retaliate. Trump earlier imposed a tariff of 10 percent on imports from China, and that last week [...]

By |2025-03-07T11:20:53-05:00Wednesday, March 5, 2025|

Concerns raised by states about implementation of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act

WASHINGTON (AP) — A piece of election legislation from congressional Republicans would require voters to prove their citizenship when registering, raising concerns among state election officials about how it would be implemented and who would pay for it. In recent interviews, secretaries of state from both parties said they were wary of federal lawmakers creating [...]

By |2025-03-07T11:21:11-05:00Wednesday, March 5, 2025|

Actions taken to increase lumber supply, curb imports

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a pair of actions to increase domestic lumber production, including a directive for the Commerce Department to investigate the possible harms that lumber imports pose to national security. Trump signed an executive order to increase the possible supplies of timber and lumber and possibly [...]

By |2025-03-07T11:21:31-05:00Wednesday, March 5, 2025|

Congress votes to repeal federal methane fee imposed on the nation’s oil and gas producers

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress last week voted to repeal a federal fee on oil and gas producers who release high levels of methane, undoing a piece of former President Joe Biden’s climate policy. The fee, which had not gone into effect, was expected to bring in billions of dollars. The Senate on Thursday voted along [...]

By |2025-03-07T11:22:36-05:00Tuesday, March 4, 2025|

Russia offers to restore direct air links to U.S.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has offered to restore direct air links the United States as part of the latest round of consultations with Washington, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. Russian and American diplomats met in Istanbul last week to discuss normalizing the operation of their respective embassies that has been crippled by multiple rounds of [...]

By |2025-03-07T11:22:39-05:00Tuesday, March 4, 2025|

Early Trump endorsement could head off nasty primary

COLUMBUS (AP) — The sun hadn’t set on Republican Vivek Ramaswamy’s gubernatorial campaign launch in Ohio last week before President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social his endorsement of the Cincinnati-born biotech entrepreneur and former Department of Government Efficiency co-chair, calling the multimillionaire “something SPECIAL.” The timing of Trump’s announcement intrigued Ohio political observers, who [...]

By |2025-03-07T11:22:47-05:00Tuesday, March 4, 2025|
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