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Canada-US trade war | New economic sanctions on Iran | Trump visa ban struck down | Researchers fight closure of National Archives | Climate activists gear up for action | Wildfire near Reno explodes in size as 90K evacuate
A full scale trade war, as Canada walks out of trade talks with the US, blaming the collapse on what it said were the Trump administration’s “unfair” demands – including 50% tariffs and a ban the use of French. Meanwhile, US national debt tops a record $40 trillion. We’ll speak with economist Rick Wolff National Archives photo, San Bruno, 1942, showing people of Japanese ancestry lining up at a concentration camp in South San Francisco. The Trump administration readies what it calls massive economic sanctions against Iran — a country that has withstood nearly five decades of sanctions Trump’s…
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