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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. European lawmakers have now frozen the EU-U.S. trade deal, citing the Supreme Court's ruling that some of President Trump's tariffs are illegal and Trump's decision to replace them with new tariffs under a different authority. As NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports.
What recent changes have occurred in the EU-U.S. trade deal?
The European Parliament has suspended ratification of the EU's trade deal with the U.S. amid concerns that President Trump's latest tariffs breached the terms of the transatlantic accord negotiated last summer. Even though the deal is widely viewed as lopsided by Europeans, it was set to be ratified this week. It locks in 15% U.S. tariffs on EU exports while granting zero duty access to most American goods entering the EU. Now, many EU officials say Europe should use its massive 450 million consumer market as leverage and, as they put it, not be taken hostage by the U.S. The EU has readied a list of $93 billion in American imports that it could hit with tariffs. Eleanor Beardsley in Pierre News, Paris.
FedEx is now the first major American company seeking a tariff refund. The company filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of International Trade Monday after the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump exceeded his authority by using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose those tariffs on foreign-made products. The U.S. is pulling non-essential diplomats and their families out of Lebanon as the region braces for a potential conflict between the U.S. and Iran. NPR's Michelle Kellerman has more.
In an emailed statement, a State Department official calls the move temporary. The embassy remains open, but non-essential personnel and family members have been ordered to leave Lebanon. The State Department says it continuously assesses the security environment and determined that it is, quote, prudent to reduce the U.S. footprint in Lebanon. President Trump has been warning Iran that, in his words, really bad things will happen if Iran doesn't make a nuclear deal with him, even though last year he said the U.S. obliterated Iran's nuclear program. Iran has threatened to strike U.S. bases in the region if it's attacked once again. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hockman says his office has not yet decided to seek the death penalty in the case of Nick Reiner, who pleaded not guilty Monday in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michelle Singer Reiner.
We take the process in which we determine whether or not the death penalty should be sought extremely seriously, and it goes through a very rigorous process.
Hockman speaking outside the court after Nick Reiner's lawyer entered his not guilty plea to two counts of first degree murder. Reiner was arrested shortly after his parents were found dead in their home on December 14th. He's been held without bail ever since. This is NPR News. Tuesday marks four years since Russia invaded Ukraine. And in a televised statement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky defended Ukrainian independence, saying Russian leader Vladimir Putin has not broken the Ukrainian people. He also said Ukraine will do everything to achieve peace and to ensure justice. Recent talks on ending the war. have produced few signs of progress. Doctor and health commentator Pierre Attia has resigned from CBS News after disclosures of graphic emails with late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
And Pierre's David Faux conflicts as CBS editor-in-chief Barry Weiss had hired Attia as she reshaped the network's news division.
Peter Attia came to CBS from the free press, Barry Weiss's opinion and news site that has stood against the idea of cancel culture. Days later, the U.S. Justice Department released files showing crude exchanges between Attia and Epstein. Attia's emails were sent years after Epstein had served time for procuring a minor for prostitution. Attia apologized, calling his remarks embarrassing, tasteless and indefensible. Weiss stood by Attia, but pressure built on her from inside CBS News.
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