{"id":17853,"date":"2025-04-06T22:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T22:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/monday-briefing-trumps-team-defends-tariffs\/"},"modified":"2025-04-06T22:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T22:14:09","slug":"monday-briefing-trumps-team-defends-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/monday-briefing-trumps-team-defends-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Briefing: Trump\u2019s Team Defends Tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-1c1b8417\">Trump\u2019s team defended tariffs in the face of anger<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Trump\u2019s top aides yesterday appeared on various media outlets to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/06\/us\/politics\/trump-tariffs-aides-recession.html\" title=\"\">defend his global tariffs<\/a> that went into effect over the weekend. Some said that they had already heard from foreign nations that are seeking to strike a deal. His top economic advisers dismissed the turmoil in financial markets around the world, insisting that the trade war would ultimately improve America\u2019s economic fortunes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Like Brexit, Trump\u2019s tariffs struck a hammer blow at the established order, Mark Landler, our London bureau chief, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/06\/world\/europe\/trade-trump-tariffs-brexit.html\" title=\"\">writes in an analysis<\/a>. But the U.S.\u2019s position as the fulcrum of global commerce means that Trump\u2019s move is having a much wider effect. Also like Brexit, the ultimate ramifications are unsettled: Trump could yet reverse himself. And the E.U., optimists point out, did not unravel after Britain\u2019s departure. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But more significantly, economists said that free trade\u2019s rise may be irreversible, and its benefits so powerful that the rest of the world could find a way to keep the system going, even without its star player. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">What\u2019s next: <\/strong>The tariffs were much higher than expected and plunged corporate America into chaos. We asked economists, investment researchers and other experts <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/05\/business\/dealbook\/a-tariffs-cheat-sheet.html\" title=\"\">to help make sense of what lies ahead<\/a>. Wall Street, still reeling from last week\u2019s fallout, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/06\/business\/stock-market-plunge-investment-bank-impact.html\" title=\"\">is bracing for more chaos.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-7fdc77e0\">A video shed new light on aid workers killed in Gaza<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Israeli military said on Saturday that there were flaws in its initial accounts of its troops\u2019 involvement in the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/05\/world\/middleeast\/israel-killing-rescue-workers-gaza.html\" title=\"\">killing of 15 people last month in Gaza<\/a>. The U.N. said the 15 people were paramedics and rescue workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The admission came a day after a video obtained by The Times appeared to contradict a key part of the military\u2019s earlier version of events. The military had insisted that its troops had opened fire as a convoy approached them in the dark \u201cwithout headlights or emergency signals.\u201d But the video showed clearly marked ambulances and a fire truck with their emergency lights on. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/06\/world\/middleeast\/gaza-aid-workers-killed-israel.html\" title=\"\">Here\u2019s what else we know<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">The video: <\/strong>The footage was discovered on the cellphone of a paramedic who was found in a mass grave.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-10ccbfaa\">There may be unsecured chemical weapons in Syria<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/06\/world\/middleeast\/syria-chemical-weapons-assad.html\" title=\"\">More than 100 chemical weapons sites<\/a> are suspected to remain in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, according to the world\u2019s leading chemical weapons watchdog. The number is far higher than any previous estimate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The watchdog organization is now seeking to assess what remains of the deadly stockpile, and how much of it is secure. The chemicals, including sarin, mustard and chlorine gas, represent a major test for Syria\u2019s caretaker government. Last month, the group said it would destroy any weapons that remain, but it has yet to appoint an ambassador to the watchdog, a key first step.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The father of a childhood friend had for decades asked Taffy Brodesser-Akner, a reporter for The New York Times magazine, to tell his story of surviving the Holocaust. She refused \u2014 until a piece of news changed her mind. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/06\/magazine\/holocaust-story-education.html\" title=\"\">Read the story she said she wouldn\u2019t write<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Lives lived:<\/strong> Theodore McCarrick, a high-ranking cardinal who was accused of abuse and was stripped of his priesthood by Pope Francis, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/04\/us\/theodore-mccarrick-dead.html\" title=\"\">died at 94<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-286d948a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">CONVERSATION STARTERS <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-e52dcf7\">Meet your new robot butler<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A.I. is driving cars, writing essays and coding. Now, humanoids \u2014 machines built to resemble humans \u2014 are getting ready to move in and help with daily chores. The engineer Bernt B\u00f8rnich hopes to put his version, called Neo, in more than 100 homes by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Our tech reporter, Cade Metz, visited B\u00f8rnich\u2019s home, where he shook hands with a prototype. The humanoid then went to the refrigerator for a bottle of water, but it needed some help from a human technician to do so. \u201cRobots are still learning to navigate the world on their own,\u201d Cade writes. \u201cAnd they need a lot of help doing it. At least, for now.\u201d <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/04\/technology\/humanoid-robots-1x.html\" title=\"\">Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-705d9918\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">RECOMMENDATIONS <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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