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Trump fires three Democrats at Consumer Product Safety Commission– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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President Donald Trump fired three Democrats serving on the Consumer Product Safety Commission after the Department of Government Efficiency visited the agency on Thursday.

The firings leave the independent agency with two Republicans, acting CPSC Chairman Peter Feldman and Douglas Dziak, on the five-person board. It is unclear if their firings were related to the wide DOGE government spending cuts.

The agency’s former chairman, Alex Hoehn-Saric, who was also fired, said Friday that “Trump is attempting to illegally remove me from the CPSC” along with his colleagues Mary Boyle and Richard L. Trumka Jr., the latter of whom ignited controversy in 2023 over weighing a ban on gas stoves.

Trump Admin Turns Spotlight on Penn Over Years of ‘Inaccurate’ Foreign Funding Disclosures– freebeacon.com

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The University of Pennsylvania is under federal investigation for filing “inaccurate” disclosures of its foreign funding for years, the Department of Education announced in a Thursday letter.

The department’s Office of the General Counsel accused the Ivy League school of submitting “incomplete, inaccurate, and untimely disclosures” to the department in violation of “its foreign source funding statutory disclosure obligations.” As a recipient of federal funding, the University of Pennsylvania is required by the Higher Education Act of 1965 to disclose “qualifying foreign source gifts and contracts” worth $250,000 or more.

The investigation comes two weeks after President Donald Trump signed an executive order ramping up his administration’s scrutiny of foreign influence in U.S. universities. The order mandates that universities provide detailed information about the sources and purposes of such foreign funding. Failure to do so could result in the loss of federal funding.

U.S. automakers blast Trump’s UK trade deal– japantoday.com

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The Trump administration’s latest trade deal with Britain unfairly penalizes U.S. automakers that have partnered with Canada and Mexico, a trade group representing Detroit automakers said Thursday.

In a sharply-worded statement, the American Automotive Policy Council (AAPC) said the U.S.-UK trade deal “hurts American automakers, suppliers, and auto workers,” according to the group’s president Matt Blunt.

The deal unveiled Thursday between U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer lowers the tariff on British vehicles to 10 percent from 27.5 percent on the first 100,000 cars shipped from Britain to the United States.

White House confirms Trump fired Librarian of Congress– www.yahoo.com

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(Reuters) – President Donald Trump fired the Librarian of Congress, CarlaHayden, because she wasn’t serving the interests of the American people, the White House said on Friday.

“There were quite concerning things that she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters. “She has been removed from her position, and the president is well within his rights to do that.”

China Sales To US Drop Amid Donald Trump’s Tariffs War– www.ndtv.com

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China said Friday sales to the United States slumped last month while its total exports topped forecasts, as Beijing fought a gruelling trade war with its superpower rival.

Trade between the world’s two largest economies has nearly skidded to a halt since US President Donald Trump imposed various rounds of levies on China that began as retaliation for Beijing’s alleged role in a devastating fentanyl crisis.

Tariffs on many Chinese products now reach as high as 145 percent — with cumulative duties on some goods soaring to a staggering 245 percent.

Beijing has responded with 125 percent tariffs on imports of US goods, along with other measures targeting American firms.

Trump administration may half 145% China tariff to 50% next week: Report– timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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The Trump administration is considering cutting the steep 145% tariff on Chinese imports by more than half, possibly as early as next week, as US and Chinese officials gear up for high-level trade talks in Switzerland,

The New York Post

reported, citing sources close to the negotiations.US officials are reportedly weighing a reduction of the levy to somewhere between 50% and 54%, a move aimed at easing tensions as trade negotiations unfold.

China, U.S., Headed to Trade Talks in the Alps

pgnewser May 7, 2025

Switzerland will be the home of high-level trade talks between the U.S. and China. These talks will most likely be the opening salvos in a series of talks that will eventually end with a trade deal of substance, or so it is “hoped.”

US, Chinese officials to hold trade talks in Switzerland– Channel News Asia
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Senior US and Chinese officials will travel to Switzerland later this week to kickstart stalled trade talks following President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff rollout, according to statements from both countries.

The talks mark the first official public engagement between the world’s two largest economies to resolve a trade war escalated by Trump shortly after his return to office in January.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer will attend the talks in Europe for the United States, their offices said.

Vice Premier He Lifeng will attend for Beijing, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.

“Vice Premier He, as the Chinese lead person for China-US economic and trade affairs, will have a meeting with the US lead person Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent,” the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday (May 7).

The USTR announced that Greer would also meet with “his counterpart from the People’s Republic of China to discuss trade matters”, without naming He…