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Donald Trump shook the world with his reciprocal tariffs. The Trade Court has just been thrown away

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On Wednesday the United States International Trade Court He ruled That the president of the country, Donald Trump, does not have the necessary authority to impose the reciprocal tariffs he has announced worldwide. The consequences of the decision are enormous. The chaos of tariffs. THE GLOBAL COMMERCIAL WAR that Trump announced during his candidacy and that he began to execute a few months ago has made him issue executive orders with which imposed tariffs a practically all The countries of the world, which had a Immediate impact in the economy world. Are imports to imports were reason of one absurd Reciprocal climbing of the tariffs that the US applied to China and vice versa. Trump ended postponing either relaxing those measures with view to future negotiations. Illegal tariffs. Donald Trump imposed these tariffs taking advantage of an emergency powers but there was clear opposition to these measures. In fact, a group of companies on the one hand and several Democratic states for another They sued Trump To block those tariffs, and that lawsuit has ended up causing this decision of the Trade Court. According to this jurisdictional body specialized in this area, using said law for such measures is illegal. The controversial IEEPA law. Trump took advantage of the so -called international emergency economic powers of 1977 (IEEPA). Theoretically authorizes the president to regulate international trade after declaring a national emergency if there is an unusual or extraordinary threat to the country. However, the 49 pages sentence indicates that “the court does not interpret that the IEEPA confers such an unlimited authority and annuls the challenged tariffs taxes under it.” Trump’s government will resort. The global leaders of the Donald Trump government have already issued An appeal to the decision of the Trade Court. This process will make this case reach a Federal Court of Appeals, but as they point out in the country, they could end up arriving at the Supreme Court, with a majority of conservative judges against progressives (or liberals). That would give Trump advantage in the final decision. What tariffs have been canceled. Among the declared tariffs are 25% taxes to Canada and Mexico or those of 20% to China with the excuse of fentanyl. According to the sentence, the reciprocal tariffs that Trump announced may not be applied. These rates affected almost all countries in the world, although the US president reduced them to 10% after the 90 -day temporary truce. The sentence, issued by three judges, is unanimous: “The challenged tariff orders will be annulled and their application will be permanently prohibited. It is not a precautionary measure strictly adapted to the circumstances; if the challenged tariff orders are illegal for the plaintiffs, they are for all.” But others do not. Tariffs imposed under another legal authority called Section 232, and which includes car, steel and aluminum imports, have not been affected by the decision and will remain in force. And now what. Although this tariff nullity has immediate effectiveness, the Trade Court indicates in a attached resolution that a period of 10 days is given for the administrative orders to be issued to make the sentence effective. It remains to be seen how those responsible for the US government and also the governments of other countries act. Image | WIRESTOCK | The White House In Xataka | The US threatens Apple with a 25% tariff if you do not manufacture the iPhone there. It would continue to be more profitable in India

Tiktok was hours again in the US. Donald Trump has just extended the prohibition period again

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Millions of Tiktok users in the United States woke up this Friday without knowing if the next day they could continue using the application. Bytedonce, the social network’s parent company, had a deadline on Saturday, April 5 to sell its operations in the country. If not, a law approved in 2024 would technically prevent him from continuing to operate in US territory. Donald Trump, who had already stopped the veto on his first day of mandate, has intervened again. This time he has done it through an executive order that extends in 75 days the deadline before the measure enters into force. It is a temporary respite not only for those who use it by entertainment, but also for many content and merchants who use it regularly. The sale of Tiktok wins time. “My administration has worked hard to reach an agreement to save Tiktok and we have made considerable progress. The agreement requires more work to ensure that all the necessary approvals are signed,” said the White House tenant in a publication in Truth Social. “We hope to work with Tiktok and China to close the agreement,” he added. Several interested buyers. The possible sale of Tiktok in the United States has aroused the interest of several technological giants. In recent days they have sounded Names like Walmart, Amazon, Oracle and Applovin. Investment signatures such as Blackstone have also appeared. Although there is no official confirmation, Trump has already advanced that “There are many potential buyers.” Tariffs as a weapon. Tariffs imposed by the Trump administration are news again for its international impact. In the case of China, which already faced a 2 %rate, new taxes of 34 %have been recently added, which raises the total of 54 %. In this context, Trump has suggested that he is willing to soften them if the Chinese government collaborates to facilitate the Tiktok sales agreement. China must authorize the agreement. Tiktok initially refused to sell its operations in the United States, but it seems that the position has begun to move. Today, a possible agreement no longer seems so far or unlikely. Of course: any decision must inevitably happen by the Chinese government, which does not go through its best moment in relations with Washington due to the current tariff war. How have we get here? The current situation has its origin in a lEy approved in 2024, during the mandate of Joe Bidenthat forces Bytedance to sell Tiktok operations in the United States or face its ban. The central argument of American legislators is the risk to national security: they fear that the Chinese government can force the parent company to deliver user data. In January, Tiktok was inaccessible for about 14 hours After the first deadline without agreement expired. Application stores removed the app, but access was restored after Donald Trump’s promise to postpone the measure. The day he assumed the position, he signed an executive order that extended the prohibition period for 75 days, which won on Saturday and has been extended. Images | Solen Feyissa | Brandon Day | The White House In Xataka | How will the end of Tiktok in the US: without updates, outside stores and a progressive degradation until its total shutdown

Donald Trump’s government plans to be even harder with China. His problem is that he needs Netherlands and Japan

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The administration led by Joe Biden has approved during his management years several very ambitious China sanctions. The last one entered into force On December 2just a few weeks before Biden and his team leave the White House. These prohibitions are aimed priority to Chinese companies that They design and produce lithography equipment that intervene in the manufacture of advanced semiconductors, hence the impact they are presumably having on the Chinese chips industry is deep. As expected, China soon react. Just one day later the government led by Xi Jinping announced the prohibition of export of critical minerals to the US. It was possible that the arrival of Donald Trump’s government and his entourage contributed to calm the waters with China a little, but nothing is further from reality. The climbing of sanctions and other moschadillas that have starred US and China in recent years will continue, although now under the baton of Donald Trump. The US prepares more sanctions with the complicity of the Netherlands and Japan According to Bloomberg News Trump’s team wants to even more harden the sanctions to which China is already subjected. The US government has not officially confirmed it, but according to this means of communication, the new sanctions package addresses two different areas that seek to hinder more the development of the Chinese semiconductor industry. The first measure proposes to restrict the quantity and types of chips that NVIDIA can deliver to its Chinese clients without processing a license. Deepseek R1’s success is promoting the adoption of NVIDIA GPU H20 for models training It is important that we do not overlook that Jensen Huang’s company leads the GPU market for applications of artificial intelligence (AI) with an approximate quota of 80%. And, in addition, the success of China AI Deepseek R1 He is promoting The adoption of the GPU H20 of nvidia for Model training (And also that of The Ascend 910 chips of Huawei to solve inference tasks). Whatever this is not all. And, again according to Bloomberg, several US officials have recently met with their Dutch and Japanese counterparts. Presumably they are negotiating what steps they can take to drastically limit the participation of the engineers of the Dutch company ASML and the Japanese Tokyo Electron, which are two of the most important lithography equipment manufacturers on the planet, in the maintenance of the production equipment of the production equipment of semiconductors that are being used by their Chinese clients. The US needs the complicity of the Netherlands and Japan to make this measure prosper, and it is very likely to do so soon. From one thing we can be sure: as has happened on other occasions, China will respond. Image | ASML More information | Reuters In Xataka | Japan has triggered the alarm: China has in its hands the world production of chips and batteries thanks to the gallium

Donald Trump prepares to apply tariffs of more than 25% for chips and that means one thing: much more expensive laptops

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Donald Trump does not hesitate. At a press conference on Tuesday, the president of the United States Indian than your administration It could apply tariffs of about 25% to the car industry. But this is not the worst: the worst thing is that the pharmaceutical industry and The semiconductor They could be even more affected. In both cases, tariffs could be even greater than 25%. What are tariffs. Tariffs are taxes that apply to foreign products. They are paid by the importer of the product, which in this case are the US companies and consumers, but not for the exporter, which may be anywhere in the world. An example. Let’s give an example: Acer, Taiwanese company, wants to sell its laptops in the United States. Acer the factory in Taiwan, and sends them to the US. When those laptops reach the US Customs, a US -based company (the importer, which may be the Acer division in the US, or a wholesaler, for example) takes possession of them. The US customs applies tariffs. Let’s say it is 10%. The importer (which is not Acer Taiwan) pays those tariffs to the US government. If the order is one million, the importer would have to pay $ 100,000. It is then that the importer decides how to manage that extra cost. It can absorb the cost and reduce your profit margin, you can pass it to stores, which could increase the price for consumers, or you can negotiate with Acer Taiwan to make the original order come out something cheaper. More details on April 2. In the case of cars tariffs, the pharmacological industry and Trump chips Indian that “I will probably tell you on April 2, but there will be around 25%” when asked about tariffs on the car industry. For Farma and Chips, Trump said “it will be 25% or more, and will grow substantially in the course of a year.” The US president claimed to want to give companies “time to come (to the US)” before announcing new import tariffs. Manufacture here, or pay tariffs. All these measures are aimed at the same thing: avoid dependence on other countries to the maximum possible, boost companies to manufacture their products in the US (and make large investments in the country) and impose huge tariffs for those who do not. The impact will be colossal. The measures raised by Trump will have huge consequences. Among other things, will aggravate the historical crisis that the European car is experiencing. Last year about eight million cars and light trucks in the US were imported, half of all sales in that country. Manufacturers like Volkswagen They would be especially affectedbut also great Asian manufacturers (not only China) like Hyundai. We will pay more for (almost) everything. Experts are clear that these tariffs will have very important collateral effects, including the price increase for consumers and costs for these industries. Portable 10% more expensive. In the case of chips, among the many affected are laptops prices. Jason Chen, CEO of Acer, Indian that these tariffs will cause that “we have to adjust the final price to reflect these tariffs. We believe that 10% will probably be the default increase for the price for import rates. It is very simple.” Acer already considers manufacturing outside China. About 80% of the laptops that are imported in the US come from China. Trump imposed 10% tariffs in China this month, although they do not apply to products that abandoned China before February. Chen declared that they had already migrated part of the assembly of their computers outside China during Trump’s first mandate, when he imposed 25%tariffs. They are now looking for “different distribution chains beyond China”, and stressed that manufacturing in the US was “one of the options.” Much ado about nothing? The truth is that Trump has already announced important tariffs For Canada and Mexico. They had to go into force on February 1but They have not done soand also the tax and aluminum taxes have been modified –No exceptions– And that theoretically will be applied as of March 12. A series of “were also announcedreciprocal tariffs“Last week, but they will not take effect until April. There is a lot of ads of tariffs, but for the moment little start -up (or none) of such measures. Image | The White House | Laura Ockel In Xataka | All Big Tech wrapped Trump in his investiture. In return, 192,000 million dollars will be saved in taxes

Olympic medalist was pardoned by Donald Trump after assault on the Capitol: “I regret it”

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Joe Biden came out of the White House granting pardons and donald trump He arrived doing the same. The 47th president granted a pardon to 1,600 people who attacked the Capitol in January 2021. Among them, former swimmer and Olympic medalist Klete Keller. Keller actively participated in the taking of the Capitol when trump lost the election to Biden and denounced alleged electoral fraud. In an interview with Washington Post He revealed his feelings after learning of the pardon. “It’s an incredible feeling of relief,” he said. Keller He faced a 10-month sentence that was reduced to six months under house arrest and three months on probation. He also had to perform 360 hours of community work. “It didn’t seem real to me. And when I woke up this morning, I thought, ‘Oh my God. This is over. I no longer have to contact my probation officer. “It is an incredible feeling of relief,” he revealed. Keller He stated that he participated in the taking of the Capitolbut without being aware of the damage this caused. “I know my actions angered and caused harm to millions of Americans. I told this to the judge and I meant it. I acted without thinking. “I didn’t stop or take time to reflect,” he said. Klete Keller in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington.Credit: Justice Department | AP Likewise, he acknowledged that he is grateful for the decision of trumpwhich considers a second opportunity to move forward. Klete Keller born in Vegas. Currently, he is 42 years old and retired. It was part of the era of glorious swimmers alongside Michael Phelps, Lochte and Vanderkaay. He even participated in the 4×200 relay. The trio broke the 4×200 world record at the World Championships. Melbourne 2007. He was also a reliever for Ian Thorpe in the Athens Olympic Games in the 4×200. To his credit he has four gold medals, one silver and three bronze medals. In the Sydney Olympics and Athens He won the bronze and silver medal in the 4×200 freestyle. In Beijing won the gold. Klete Keller reacts after a heat of the men’s 4×200 meter freestyle relay during the swimming competitions at the National Aquatics Center at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing.Credit: Thomas Kienzle | AP Keep reading:· Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, convicted of operating the illegal black market website Silk Road· Capitol attacker rejected Trump’s pardon and called it an “insult” to the police· Biden granted presidential pardon to New York immigrant rights leader Ravi Ragbir

Activists condemn President Donald Trump’s “cruelty and divisiveness”

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Leaders of the Coalition for Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) and social leaders of the Immanuel Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles condemned the series of executive orders of President Donald Trump, as part of his promises on the “first day” of government and regretted the rescinding a memorandum that prevented immigration and Border Patrol agents from entering schools and hospitals and other sensitive locations. The president’s decrees include dozens of immigration measures that further divide the country, close access to asylum, end birthright citizenship, undermine due process and pave the way for mass arrests and deportations, which would end in an economic crisis in the country and separation of families. “While no one is safe, we continue fighting for our children,” said Mrs. Vianey Rojas, originally from Mexico City, who participated in the vigil. “We deserve respect and what the government wants to do is unfair,” he added, while dozens of immigrants chanted: From north to south! From east to west! We will win this fight! At all costs! Some people at the protest called for no more money to be used to deport people.Credit: Jorge Luis Macías | Impremedia There are no longer protected areas Under the new Trump administration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued memos to lift limits on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to perform work in “protected areas” under former director Alejandro Mayorkas. the news network first announced FoxNews. These protected areas were schools at all levels, health care facilities, places of worship, “places where children gather,” social service establishments, food banks, religious or civil ceremonies, and disaster relief and response centers. emergencies. “We have a network of workers and community organizations to fight together,” Felipe Cáceres, organizer of the SEIU Local 721 union, told La Opinion. “Despite what they do, we have rights and we are going to protect children and undocumented people. , even though they are saying that churches and schools will not be sanctuaries.” Angélica Salas is director of CHIRLA.Credit: Jorge Luis Macías | Impremedia What fell apart The Mayorkas policy was initially established in 2011 by then-ICE Director John Morton. At that time, the execution of specific coercive actions was prohibited. in a variety of sensitive spaces. Similar guidance was also issued to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in 2013. While in 2021, Mayorkas issued guidance to ICE and CBP on enforcement actions in or near areas requiring special protection. “In our pursuit of justice, including the execution of our law enforcement responsibilities, we impact people’s lives and promote the well-being of our country in the most fundamental ways.” The guidance added that: As a result, when conducting a law enforcement action, ICE and CBP agents and officers must first examine and consider the impact of the location where the actions are likely to take place, their effect on the people and broader social interests. Raúl Murillo, director of Hermandad Servicios Comunitarios, indicated that Trump summarized what his administration will be with two gestures: the alleged Nazi salute of his main follower, Elon Musk, and “the totally racist and anti-immigrant measures that he announced from day one.” ”. One of the protesters shared the emergency number for immigrants who need help.Credit: Jorge Luis Macías | Impremedia “Trump is causing terror in our community; It is not satisfied with putting pressure on the workers; Now he also wants to sow fear in our children and parents when they go to drop their children off at school and encounter ICE agents,” declared the social activist. “Wanting to separate families is totally inhumane; something of those who have no sensitivity and of those who have no love for the most vulnerable, our children.” ‘Stay in Mexico’ takes effect immediately Likewise, DHS “immediately” reinstated the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), allowing the DHS Secretary return certain applicants for admission to the neighboring country from which they arrive, pending the completion of deportation proceedings pursuant to Section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). End the “abuse” of humanitarian parole DHA Acting Secretary Benjamine Huffman issued further guidance “to end the widespread abuse of humanitarian parole and returns the program to a case-by-case basis.” That way, ICE and CBP will gradually eliminate any parole programs (humanitarian parole) that is not in accordance with the law. “This action empowers the brave men and women of CBP and ICE to enforce our immigration laws and catch foreign criminals—including murderers and rapists—who have entered our country illegally,” a DHA spokesperson said. Migration agents will be able to reach schools. Credit: Jorge Luis Macías | Impremedia “Criminals will no longer be able to hide in America’s schools and churches to avoid arrest. “The Trump Administration will not tie the hands of our brave law enforcement and instead trusts them to use common sense.” The DHS points out that the administration of former President Joe Biden “indiscriminately” allowed the entry of 1.5 million migrants. ‘Scapegoats’ Angélica Salas, director of CHIRLA, said Trump’s proposals at his inauguration indicate “an obsession with changing the United States and scapegoating immigrants in the most cruel and un-American way.” Salas said that the inauguration of a new president in the United States portends new beginnings, the opening of doors and the united search for possibilities for all. “Not this time,” he stressed. “A Donald Trump administration threatens to be a stark contrast to immigrant communities everywhere, and to a nation that just a few years ago praised the contributions of immigrants as essential and key to keeping our nation afloat during the days dark aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic,” he added. Trump’s measures are a direct attack on the Latino, migrant community, some of the protesters said. Credit: Jorge Luis Macías | Impremedia “President Trump continues his divisive and hateful rhetoric, demonizing immigrants and announcing numerous policies whose impact is already being felt on the border and in the interior,” Salas explained. In fact, CHIRLA rejects as “false, cruel and dangerous both the notions that there is some type of emergency or invasion on … Read more

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