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Trump unveils new US tariffs for every country
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In a new development today, President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on higher tariffs on Mexico. 01:26 - Source: CNN Dozens injured on Delta flight Severe turbulence struck a Delta flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam Wednesday, causing service carts and unbelted passengers to hit the ceiling and forcing an emergency landing in Minnesota, where 25 people on board were taken to hospitals. 01:01 - Source: CNN Arrest made in Arkansas hiking murders A man has been arrested in connection with the deaths of a married couple attacked and killed while hiking with their two young daughters at a state park in the Ozark Mountains, according to the Arkansas State Police. 00:45 - Source: CNN US diminished a key weapons stockpile fighting Iran The US used about a quarter of its supply of high-end missile interceptors during the Israel-Iran war, exposing a gap in supplies, and raising concerns about US global security posture. 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Forbes
16 minutes ago
- Forbes
China's Research Masks A Military Agenda From Alaska To Manila
China's global research agenda has some fishy findings. This week, the US Coast Guard chased off a Chinese research vessel operating near Alaska. The Philippines is currently tracking three Chinese research vessels inside its Exclusive Economic Zone. China has also been ramping up its research worldwide, leading to conflict with South Korea and other states. While China claims these research activities have benign, scientific purposes, these vessels' behavior suggests otherwise. China's use of these ships is also indicative of China's legal warfare–its use and abuse of international law to achieve military and strategic objectives. Chinese-flagged vessels are collecting marine data on an unprecedented scale, from Australia to Alaska. A state fleet of 64 civilian survey vessels has conducted hundreds of thousands of hours of operations globally in the past four years. 80% of these vessels have some ties to China's military or geopolitical agenda. Japan, India, Taiwan, Australia, and others have also reported extensive marine data collection by Chinese vessels in their EEZs and continental shelves in the past several years. Whether or not all of this activity was illegal, states fear China's potential military intentions. China can easily commandeer civilian research for military purposes. In 2020, Australia expressed concern that Chinese vessels, although they were operating legally, were mapping areas frequently used by Australian submarines to access the South China Sea. India has expressed worries that China has been using unmanned underwater vehicles to collect data for potential military use. Civilian research vessels have been accompanied by the Chinese Coast Guard and Chinese Navy, further calling into question their peaceful purposes. Some of the research vessels carry sophisticated manned submersibles, advanced sonar to scan the ocean floor, and buoys to study sea conditions. Some ships reportedly deploy sea drones and underwater glides. China has ramped up data collection near Taiwan, potentially seeking intelligence that could help with navigation and positioning in combat. China's Standoff With South Korea In the Yellow Sea In February, Chinese and South Korean vessels reached a standoff when Chinese research activities blocked a portion of the Yellow Sea. China recently expanded an aquaculture facility in the Provisional Measures Zone between China and South Korea. The installation consists of a decommissioned offshore oil-drilling rig and two large octagonal steel cages, one of which was in 2024. The PMZ was created by the two countries in 2001 to manage their overlapping EEZ claims in the narrow sea. The agreement allows fishing activities by both states but does not mention aquaculture, leaving China to operate its structure in a legal gray zone. South Korea has expressed concerns about the facility's dual-use purposes. Satellite imagery reveals that the offshore oil platform has the potential for functionality beyond aquaculture. South Korean analysts have expressed concern that China's activities in the Yellow Sea echo its activities in the South China Sea, where Chinese research platforms and oil rigs eventually turned into artificial islands and illegal maritime claims. In a two-hour standoff in February, a South Korean ocean survey vessel tried to inspect the installation, and was blocked by Chinese Coast Guard ships and civilian vessels. China soon expanded its claims elsewhere in the Yellow Sea. In May, a regional branch of the China Maritime Safety Administration declared a 'no-sail zone' and barred vessels from entering an area of the southern Yellow Sea. China concurrently established two zones designated for military exercises in the PMZ and in a zone overlapping with South Korea's EEZ. US Chases Away China-Flagged Research Vessel Near Alaska This Week China has also been spotted conducting research in U.S. waters. Last year, China conductive extensive surveys near Guam. The research could potentially have been for mineral exploration, but the ship routes suggest that China was seeking to better navigate the area with submarines. On July 26, the US Coast Guard responded to a Chinese research vessel in Arctic waters near Alaska, asserting the US's exclusive rights to manage the resources in its Extended Continental Shelf. China's reaction to the US's chasing away of its research vessel near Alaska is revealing. In 2023, the US clarified its claim to an extended continental shelf, which included overlaps with Arctic claims by Russia and Canada. The US claim is based on well-established customary international law. When the US Coast Guard responded to China's research vessel near Alaska, the China blasted the US as an international lawbreaker. The Global Times, the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, reported that the US 'hyping up of the 'China threat' rhetoric is only to justify the US' evil deeds in the Arctic, revealing itself as a rule-breaker and global troublemaker . . . . ' The article then accused the US of politicizing and creating confrontation in the International Law Says About China's Maritime Research and Data Collection Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, marine data collection must be used for peaceful purposes. A coastal state must give permission for a foreign state to conduct marine scientific research or exploration for or exploitation of natural resources in its EEZ or continental shelf. The US takes the position, with which not all states agree, that military survey operations and operational oceanography (routine collection of ocean observations) do not require the consent of a coastal state. The Chinese vessels discussed above are civilian vessels, and international law would forbid them from conducting military survey operations. Many, if not most, of their actions appear distinct from operational oceanography and fall into the categories that would require permission from coastal states. Some reported activities of these Chinese vessels, including those around oil and gas exploration areas, imply a commercial purposes that would require coastal states to grant research permissions. China's repeated and frequent use of scientific research vessels, particularly those with military capabilities, suggests its ships are being used to advance its excessive maritime claims—not for peaceful purposes. China routinely blurs the distinction between civilian and military vehicles, thereby eroding the principle of distinction that is core to the law of To Protect Maritime Rights from China's 'Research' The US and its allies must work together to assert their maritime rights against China. The US and its allies should share information about China's maritime data collection to determine the methods and purpose of these activities. They should scrutinize each vessel involved and the type of activities it is conducting to determine whether China's activities violate international law. The US and its allies and partners should collaborate on law enforcement when possible. And if China is mapping out potential conflict over Taiwan or in the region, the US and its allies must share intelligence–and figure out how to stop US and its allies should also expose China's violations of international law. As this week's Global Times article shows, China deplores being cast as a lawbreaker. The US and its allies should not hesitate to use this against China, and to defend the rules-based international system loudly and proudly. The US and its allies must demand compliance with international law with words and actions. If we don't use our maritime rights, we will lose them to China and its competing narrative about US evils
Yahoo
18 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Trump just revealed his new tariff plan. Here's what you need to know
President Donald Trump just set new tariffs for every country around the world, solidifying his extreme break with America's long-standing trade policy. Tariffs on the vast majority of goods America imports are set to rise – even from the handful of countries that negotiated individual trade deals. The higher tariffs continue Trump's reversal of the decades of globalization that made America's massive services economy the envy of the world – but contributed to its long decline in manufacturing. With just a few hours to go before its self-imposed August 1 trade deadline, the White House provided key details about its new trade policy late Thursday – and, along with it, its new tariff plan. Here's what to know about the latest set of tariffs: What are the new tariffs? The White House announced Thursday that the 'universal' tariff for goods coming into the United States will remain at 10%, the same level that was implemented on April 2. But that 10% rate will apply only to countries with which the US has a trade surplus – countries to which the United States exports more than it imports. That applies to most countries, a senior administration official said. A 15% rate will serve as the new tariff floor for countries with which the United States has a trade deficit. About 40 countries will pay that new 15% tariff. That tariff will be lower for many of those nations than the April 2 'reciprocal' tariffs, but it will be higher for a handful. And more than a dozen countries have tariff rates that are higher than 15%, either because they agreed to a trade framework with the United States or because Trump sent their leaders a letter dictating a higher tariff. The senior administration official said those countries have among the highest trade deficits with the United States. What countries have tariffs higher than 15%? The White House identified 26 countries whose goods will be subjected to US tariffs greater than 15%. A senior administration official claimed these countries have excessive trade deficits with the United States. Algeria: 30% Bangladesh: 20% Bosnia and Herzegovina: 30% Brunei: 25% Cambodia: 19% India: 25% Indonesia: 19% Iraq: 35% Kazakhstan: 25% Laos: 40% Libya: 30% Malaysia: 19% Moldova: 25% Myanmar: 40% Nicaragua: 18% Pakistan: 19% Philippines: 19% Serbia: 35% South Africa: 30% Sri Lanka: 20% Switzerland: 39% Syria: 41% Taiwan: 20% Thailand: 19% Tunisia: 25% Vietnam: 20% In addition, Mexico and Canada will continue to face higher tariffs for goods that are not exempt under the US-Mexico-Canada free-trade agreement. Mexico on Thursday agreed to a 90-day continuation of the current 25% tariff rate the US currently places on those items. Non-exempt Canadian goods imported to the United States will face a 35% as of Friday at 12:01 am ET – up from a 25% tariff previously. When do the tariffs go into effect? The new tariff regime will not go into effect Friday, as had been expected. Instead, the tariffs will be implemented on August 7 to give Customs and Border Protection sufficient time to make the necessary changes to collect the new duties. Canada's tariffs are an exception – those will go into effect Friday. Trade agreements prevented tariffs from going even higher The only major trading partners that didn't see tariff rates change on Friday were the United Kingdom, China and Mexico. Trump signed a trade framework with the UK and China. However, the deal signed with China expires in less than two weeks, which means those tariffs could soon increase. With Mexico, Trump had threatened to raise tariffs to 30% at 12:01 am. But after a conversation with Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, on Thursday, he extended Mexico's previous tariff rate for another 90 days. Over the past month, Trump announced a handful of other trade agreements. It's unclear whether they'll be finalized, but it appears those countries might have avoided rates above what's in their deals. For instance, goods from the European Union were set to face 30% tariffs. The agreement reached over the weekend, however, calls for 15% tariffs for most goods. That's the same rate goods from South Korea and Japan will be taxed at. That's still higher than the 10% rate goods have been tariffed at since April, though. Are these tariffs even legal? That's a question actively being debated. Trump has cited the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose country-specific tariffs. In May, the Court of International Trade found Trump overreached his legal authority doing so. Oral arguments for the administration's appeal kicked off Thursday, and a panel of judges appeared skeptical that Trump had the power to levy tariffs using those emergency powers. Of particular issue was the unprecedented use of the IEEPA to levy tariffs, especially because the law makes no mention of tariffs to begin with. Several judges also questioned Trump's rationale behind declaring an economic emergency. The president has previously stated that US trade deficits with other countries, that is, when the US imports more than it exports, merit a national economic emergency requiring tariffs to correct. Judge Raymond Chen, however, questioned: 'Can the trade deficit be a extraordinary and unusual threat when we had trade deficits for decades?' It may take weeks, or even months, before the appeals court reaches a verdict. After that, it could still be challenged before the Supreme Court. Regardless of the ultimate outcome, Trump has plenty of levers to pull to roll out new tariffs and keep many in place. Will Trump extend his tariff deadline again? Technically, he did. New tariff rates were set to go into effect Friday – and they will now mostly go into effect August 7. The president has given no indication he'll pause these tariffs any further, though. However, he's said that about past tariff deadlines only to extend them later on. In short, everything, including the tariff rates that just went in place, is subject to change at the publishing of a Truth Social post. Haven't we been here before? The tariff changes evoke Trump's 'Liberation Day' in April, when he similarly hiked import taxes across the board. The move threw financial markets into chaos and stoked fears of a global recession. Trump ultimately delayed the 'reciprocal' April tariffs hours after they took effect, later setting August 1 as the new deadline for trade agreements on pain of higher tariff rates. The president told some countries what rates they would face on that day absent new agreements but appeared to leave other nations in the dark. Are tariffs causing inflation? Inflation has stayed relatively tame through Trump's earlier tariff rounds, but that could change as higher rates kick in. Already, companies including Procter and Gamble and Walmart have said tariff-related price increases are underway.
