What's News: World-Wide -- WSJ
March 23 2018 - 03:03AM
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Trump launched a trade offensive against China, including a
threat of tariffs on $60 billion of imports and tighter
restrictions on acquisitions and technology transfers. China
unveiled plans for tariffs against $3 billion in U.S. imports.
The president formally approved temporary exclusions from metal
tariffs for six nations and the EU.
Officials are signaling that they have cleared a roadblock on
thorny auto-industry issues in Nafta talks.
The president named Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the
U.N., as national security adviser to succeed McMaster.
Trump's lead lawyer in the Russia investigation quit after the
hiring of an attorney expected to take a more confrontational
approach.
The Senate passed a $1.3 trillion spending bill early Friday,
acting to avert a government shutdown with less than 24 hours to
spare.
A U.S.-European rift over parts of the Iran nuclear deal
threatens to scuttle efforts to preserve the accord.
The CIA gave some details about Trump's pick for director, who
has spent her career in clandestine operations.
Strikes in France shut schools and halted trains amid protests
against Macron's economic overhauls.
Sarkozy fired back against charges that the ex-French president
took campaign cash from Libya's Gadhafi.
The decision to dismiss U.S. charges against most members of the
Turkish leader's security detail over a Washington melee drew
criticism.
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March 23, 2018 02:48 ET (06:48 GMT)
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