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What are the implications of 'Made in' labels?
On the Planet Money podcast, you've seen them, those labels that say made in China or made in France. But what do they really mean? The reaction was it can't possibly work like that. That can't possibly be right. We dig into the delightfully convoluted rules behind country of origin. What makes, say, a Chinese product Chinese and how companies facing tariffs are getting creative. From Planet Money on NPR, wherever you get your podcasts.
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump's facing another legal setback. A second federal court is now blocking Trump's authority to unilaterally impose tariffs. It ruled in favor of two Illinois toy importers. This decision comes less than a day after the Court of International Trade also ruled against Trump's tariffs policy.
How did the court rule on Trump's tariffs?
The administration says it'll appeal the matter all the way to the Supreme Court. White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt presented a forceful defense today.
The President's rationale for imposing these powerful tariffs was legally sound and grounded in common sense. President Trump correctly believes that America cannot function safely long term if we are unable to scale advanced domestic manufacturing capacity, have our own secure critical supply chains, and our defense industrial base is dependent on foreign adversaries.
The Trump government's also in a legal standoff with Harvard University over an attempt to prevent the school from enrolling international students and adding to the turmoil the government's tightening visa restrictions. The move stands to affect hundreds of thousands of Chinese students studying in the U.S. and many more seeking to go to school here.
What is the impact of visa restrictions on Chinese students?
For Member Station GBH in Boston, Kirk Karapaz reports Trump supporters see it as a national security issue.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the focus will be on students tied to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in, quote, critical fields. Right now, more than 270,000 Chinese students are enrolled in U.S. colleges. Simon Hankinson, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation and longtime Foreign Service officer, supports more visa scrutiny.
In my career over 23 years, I saw us go from one sheet of paper front and back to multiple forums online. And I think the more information we have about people that we let into the country, the better.
International education advocates here in Massachusetts, though, call these restrictions self-defeating. For NPR News, I'm Kurt Carapazza in Boston.
The head of the U.S. Census Bureau says the federal agency has lost more than 1,000 employees. Part of the administration's push to shrink the federal government. NPR's Hansi Lowong reports the agency is now planning to scale back its work on producing statistics for the country.
How is the Trump administration defending its tariff policies?
Speaking at a data users conference, the Census Bureau's acting director, Ron Jarman, compared over 1,000 employees around the country taking early retirement or voluntary separation offers to a pivotal Marvel movie scene with the supervillain Thanos.
For those of us who are still here, it feels a little bit like Thanos snapped his finger and a lot of your friends and colleagues went away. But fortunately, they didn't turn into dust. They just retired. But this is going to have an impact.
German said the Bureau will keep giving high priority to the 2030 census and the surveys that produce key economic indicators. But the Bureau is figuring out what other statistical work it will stop doing. Many census advocates are concerned about the Bureau's ability to produce accurate 2030 census results that are set to be used to redraw voting maps in the next decade.
That's Anzhi Luo Wang. It's NPR. Amid President Trump's trade wars, the U.S. economy shrank in the first quarter. Today, the government posted a two-tenths of a percent decline in the January to March period, during which many U.S. companies raced to bring in foreign goods before new tariffs took effect. Best buys among the companies to cut its annual profit outlook due to on-again, off-again tariffs. The electronics retail giant has already increased prices on some items, adding to factors likely complicating fiscal projections last night's federal court ruling that struck down many of President Trump's tariffs. Roughly 140,000 people die every year from snake bites.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the implications of 'Made in' labels?
0:00–0:48
2
What legal challenges is President Trump facing?
0:48
3
How did the court rule on Trump's tariffs?
0:48–1:36
4
What is the impact of visa restrictions on Chinese students?
1:36–2:41
5
What is the stance of international education advocates?
2:41
6
How is the Trump administration defending its tariff policies?
1:18–5:21