U.S. to impose 100% tariff on branded, patented drugs unless firms build plants locally, Trump says

U.S. to impose 100% tariff on branded, patented drugs unless firms build plants locally, Trump says

Shelf of pharmaceutical products. D3sign | Moment | Getty Images President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. will impose a 100% tariff on “any branded or patented Pharmaceutical Product” entering the country from Oct. 1. The measure will not apply to companies building drug manufacturing plants in the U.S., Trump said. He added that…

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Top U.S. Officials, Citi and Cybastion, U.S. Tech Leaders Formally Announce 0M EXIM Financing Guarantee in Africa’s Digital Sector

Top U.S. Officials, Citi and Cybastion, U.S. Tech Leaders Formally Announce $100M EXIM Financing Guarantee in Africa’s Digital Sector

NEW YORK — EXIM-Backed Financing Guarantee Unlocks Capital, De-Risks U.S. Entry Into Africa’s Fast-Growing Digital Market Top U.S. officials, Citi, U.S. tech leader Cybastion and a consortium of U.S. tech companies announced the Export-Import Bank’s first-ever $100 million financing guarantee in Africa’s digital sector for a national data center and digitalization project in Côte d’Ivoire….

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Macron calls U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner’s criticism of France “unacceptable” for diplomat

Macron calls U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner’s criticism of France “unacceptable” for diplomat

French President Emmanuel Macron said it was out of line for Charles Kushner, the U.S. ambassador to France and the father of President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, to publicly accuse him of taking insufficient action to combat antisemitism, and for him to link France’s foreign policy positions to domestic incidents of violence against Jews in…

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Emmanuel Macron on U.S. role as NATO scrambles jets to repel Russia incursions

Emmanuel Macron on U.S. role as NATO scrambles jets to repel Russia incursions

Three Russian fighter planes flew into Estonian airspace, and NATO scrambled Italian, Swedish and Finnish aircraft to repel them. Russia last week sent drones into Romania and Poland, two other NATO members. The alliance is executing what it calls “Operation Eastern Sentry” along NATO’s eastern flank, but the United States is not participating. Margaret Brennan…

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Africa: MSF Urges U.S. and Key Donors to Help Global Fund Meet Targets

Africa: MSF Urges U.S. and Key Donors to Help Global Fund Meet Targets

Global efforts to fight three of the world’s most harmful and widespread infectious diseases—AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria—are now under threat due to dramatic cuts in global health financing, warns Doctors Without Borders (MSF). In January, the United States—previously the largest funder of global health programs—announced a suspension and review of all international aid. Since then,…

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