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What new U.S.–China tariff reductions were announced after President Trump's meetings?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. After three days of meetings between President Trump and China's president, one of the few concrete outcomes is a reduction of tariff rates on a small fraction of goods the two countries trade with each other. NPR's Emily Fang has more.
After Trump visited Beijing in May, the two countries have been working to find $30 billion of nonsensitive goods each to reduce tariffs on. But that's a small slice of the more than $400 billion volume of U.S.-China annual trade. And two ongoing trade investigations into China on potentially unfair trading practices will likely raise overall U.S. tariff rates on China again in the coming weeks. Following Xi's visit to the U.S., the two countries have also agreed to start an AI dialogue starting in November. The U.S. and China held high-level AI dialogues during the Biden administration, where both Biden and Xi Jinping agreed AI should remain under human control. Xi repeated the need for humans to control AI in his opening remarks while visiting Washington on Thursday.
Emily Fang, NPR News, Washington.
How might Paramount’s takeover of CNN affect the network’s news coverage?
CNN is getting a new owner. Paramount is taking over CNN parent Warner Brothers Discovery, and David Ellison controls Paramount. Ellison's family is also a supporter of President Trump. Media observers are now looking at what that will mean for CNN's news coverage. NPR's David Folkenflik has more.
you're probably going to see appointed within CNN somebody who's willing to do business with the Ellisons. Doesn't mean necessarily compromise their journalistic integrity, but understand what kind of coverage the Ellisons might be interested in. You know, you saw at two major publications taken over by Rupert Murdoch, the media magnate at the Times of London in the 80s, the Wall Street Journal in the late aughts around 2007. There were such boards created. And after sort of raising a question here and there, he just kind of ignored and then overrode them.
That's NPR's Davin Folkenflik with our report. A nor'easter is continuing to bring powerful winds, local floods, and canceled events from the Mid-Atlantic to New England.
What are the impacts of the nor’easter flooding on Atlantic City residents and local events?
NPR's Ava Berger reports.
In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Talia Mano saw a car totaled from flooding on her street. She said she hadn't seen so much water since Hurricane Sandy. The water was just like, you could literally see waves on my steps. You could see waves on the steps. That's how much water was there. Jessica Lisboa was out on an Atlantic Ocean cruise as the storm grew. It felt honestly like a roller coaster. And Olga Ostrovetsky had planned to tie the knot on a beautiful fall day in September. Instead, her small New York wedding continued,
just with a lot more wind. But it's kind of fitting, to be honest, because my fiancé and I met, and it was a torrential downpour, so we met in a day like this, and we're also getting married on a day like this.
Coastal flooding, heavy rain, and high winds are expected to continue to pummel the East Coast.
Why did President Trump reject Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz?
Several states have made emergency declarations. Ava Berger, NPR News.
And this is NPR News. President Trump Saturday rejected a proposal from Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said it would agree to the opening and resume talks on its nuclear program in seven days if the U.S. ended its naval blockade of the country, waived sanctions on Iranian oil sales, and began a ceasefire that included Lebanon. Trump said Iran wanted a deal because it's losing so badly. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok are all refusing to run advertisements for an upcoming documentary on billionaire Elon Musk and Pierce Bobby Allen reports.
The documentary is called Musk. It's by Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney, and it's set for release next month. The film is a scathing look at the tech mogul's life from his childhood in South Africa, his rise in Silicon Valley, including his takeover of the site formerly known as Twitter, along with his time in the White House. Gibney asks, how did one man become so powerful?
Why are major platforms refusing ads for the documentary ‘Musk’ and how is AI used in the film?
It's a message deemed too political by Meta, YouTube, and TikTok, all of which have refused to carry ads about the film.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What new U.S.–China tariff reductions were announced after President Trump's meetings?
0:01–1:03
2
How might Paramount’s takeover of CNN affect the network’s news coverage?
1:03–2:02
3
What are the impacts of the nor’easter flooding on Atlantic City residents and local events?
2:02–2:53
4
Why did President Trump reject Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz?
2:53–3:47
5
Why are major platforms refusing ads for the documentary ‘Musk’ and how is AI used in the film?
3:47–4:32
6
What were the highlights of today’s college football scores and standout performances?
4:32–5:04