US military announces killing of three suspected drug smugglers in Eastern Pacific
The Pentagon announced on social media that the US military killed three suspected drug smugglers in a strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific on Friday.
The post was accompanied by video said to show the latest strike in a series of 43 attacks since September that have now killed at least 148 people accused by the Pentagon of smuggling drugs by sea in the Pacific and Caribbean.
Those attacks have been described as “a campaign of extrajudicial killings” by legal experts who say they are being conducted “without any credible legal basis.”
White House lists imports that are exempted from new, temporary 10% tax
The White House fact sheet on the new, temporary 10% import tax on goods from all nations includes a list of goods that will “not be subject to the temporary import duty”.
Here is the White House list of imports not subject to the 150-day temporary tax:
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certain critical minerals, metals used in currency and bullion, energy, and energy products;
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natural resources and fertilizers that cannot be grown, mined, or otherwise produced in the United States or grown, mined, or otherwise produced in sufficient quantities to meet domestic demand;
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certain agricultural products, including beef, tomatoes, and oranges;
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pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical ingredients;
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certain electronics;
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passenger vehicles, certain light trucks, certain medium and heavy-duty vehicles, buses, and certain parts of passenger vehicles, light trucks, heavy-duty vehicles, and buses;
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certain aerospace products; and
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informational materials (e.g., books), donations, and accompanied baggage.
The White House also says the following goods will not be subject to the temporary import duty:
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all articles and parts of articles that currently are or later become subject to section 232 actions;
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USMCA compliant goods of Canada and Mexico; and
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textiles and apparel articles that enter duty-free as a good of Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, or Nicaragua under the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement.
