Neal Freiman
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And then the final aspect of all this is what happens to all of the trade deals that the Trump administration inked as a result of these tariffs.
Those are also thrown into uncertainty.
The EU already yesterday after the Supreme Court struck down the tariff said, well, we made a we made a agreement with the United States, but right now we're not going to finalize that because we're
We don't have any clarity on what's going on with the United States trade policy.
The chairman of the EU's trade committee said pure customs chaos on the part of the US government is just standard practice now.
So they are not going to finalize this particular trade agreement.
And also in India, officials said for similar reasons that they're postponing talks in the US on finalizing this trade agreement.
So...
Going forward, we have a whole new bout of uncertainty due to the Supreme Court rejecting tariffs.
Trump's going to try to put 15 percent tariffs on the rest of the world.
But all of these agreements and the refunds are still a huge question mark.
Okay, on a practical level, this makes no sense.
If you're trying to get the most bang out of your buck for TSA agents, shutting down PreCheck is essentially the complete opposite of what you want to do because it allows for fewer staff to make it work.
It disperses the lines where it's just easier to check in people and get them through security.
And then we talk about global entry.
It's almost all fully automated.
So
And observers looking at this from Democrats or Republicans to the airline industry, to the travel industry are we're looking at the TSA decision, especially because it came down at such a last minute and didn't give anybody time to prepare and saying this.
This makes no sense.
And once again, the threat, the travel industry feels like, yes, it is a political football.