Trump threatens to impose a 200% EU alcohol tariff
After US President Donald Trump threatened a 200% tariff on all alcohol imported into the US from the European Union (EU), the EU also threatened to impose a 50% tax on whiskey imports from the US in retaliation for Trump’s tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to the US.
Two judges mandate that the Trump administration reinstate fired employees
Two US judges have ordered several federal government agencies to restore the jobs of probationary employees who were fired in large numbers by the Trump administration last month. California District Judge William Alsup described the dismissal of these workers as a “sham” strategy to avoid following the correct procedures for cutting the federal workforce.