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What trade agreements were discussed between the U.S. and China?
Treasury Secretary Scott Besson said today that top U.S. and Chinese economic officials have agreed on a substantial framework for a trade agreement. They met on the sidelines of an Asian summit in Malaysia. President Trump is expected to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea to finalize the deal later this week. Besson said U.S. soybean farmers will be pleased with the agreement.
We also agreed on substantial agriculture purchases for U.S. farmers. We agreed that the Chinese would begin to help us. with the precursor chemicals for this terrible fentanyl epidemic that's ravaging our country. So I would say that it was a very good meeting overall.
He was interviewed on ABC's This Week. The partisan redistricting effort President Trump kicked off continues with the Commonwealth of Virginia. Lawmakers will be holding a special session tomorrow. NPR's Maura Liason reports.
Virginia Democrats will discuss redrawing the state's congressional district maps to favor Democrats. This follows an unusual mid-cycle partisan redistricting effort by Republicans in Texas, North Carolina, and Missouri, after President Trump called on red states with trifectas, that is, with Republican governors and state legislatures in the same state, to create more seats favorable to his party. Three other blue states, California, Illinois, and Maryland, have responded in kind and are looking at ways to increase seats favorable to Democrats. Normally, redistricting happens every 10 years after the census is taken, but that custom appears to be yet another political norm cast aside during the Trump era.
Mara Liason, NPR News.
The governments of Israel and the United States have coordinated the entry of Egyptian forces into areas in Gaza deemed dangerous and under the control of Hamas. They're to search for the bodies of hostages.
NPR's Rob Schmitz reports from Tel Aviv. The Egyptian team, which specializes in search and rescue operations and in dismantling explosive devices, entered the strip accompanied by engineering vehicles with Israeli approval to help locate the bodies of deceased Israeli hostages. Their bodies are believed to be in areas that have been booby-trapped. For days, there have been discussions over allowing outside teams into Gaza to help recover the remaining 13 deceased Israeli hostages as well as dead Palestinians under the rubble. Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Hurricane Melissa is intensifying as it moves slowly over the warm waters of the Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center says it's now a Category 4 storm and is likely to strengthen more in the coming days. Forecasters warn of potentially catastrophic flooding and destructive winds in Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti. Floods have already claimed several lives in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. You're listening to NPR News in Washington. In Argentina, voters are set to go to the polls today in high-stakes midterm elections, seen as a referendum on President Javier Millay's austerity agenda. His ally Donald Trump has offered a $20 billion currency swap to prop up the peso. But Trump's continued support could depend on Milley's performance in the election.
Natalie Alcoba reports from Buenos Aires.
A lot is at stake for President Javier Milley, a libertarian who imposed a tough program of spending cuts and reforms to curb inflation in a country prone to economic volatility. Half the seats in the lower house of Congress and one-third of the Senate are up for grabs in these elections. A currency crisis has raised serious questions about his economic strategy, with the U.S. intervening with a controversial multi-billion dollar bailout. Many Argentines continue to struggle to make ends meet.
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