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Mar 2025
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Tariff whiplash, Trump’s legal cases and...

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President Trump’s fluctuating trade policy has caused market whiplash after Mexican and Canadian goods landed a month-long reprieve from the U.S. tariffs. Trump’s agenda has partially stalled in court as judges pause major policy rollouts. A SpaceX failure scatters debris over parts of the Caribbean. And in Romania, multiple arrests over an alleged Russia-backed attempt to overthrow the state. 


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