Por Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN

El presidente de EE.UU. Donald Trump anunció el lunes varios aranceles contra Canadá, en una amenaza que reaviva una batalla comercial con uno de los aliados más cercanos de Estados Unidos y uno de sus principales socios económicos.

Los aranceles del 50 % sobre ciertos bienes canadienses, que incluyen equipos eléctricos y maquinaria, se encuentran entre los más elevados que su Gobierno ha impuesto contra cualquier país.

Aunque el presidente ha amenazado recientemente con imponer aranceles contra el vecino de Estados Unidos en represalia por el humo de incendios forestales que se extendió hacia la parte norte de Estados Unidos, funcionarios del Gobierno dijeron que los aranceles más recientes no están relacionados con eso.

Los gravámenes entrarán en vigor en 30 días y cubrirán alrededor de US$ 20.000 millones en bienes canadienses, dijo la Casa Blanca.

“Canadá ha mantenido prácticas comerciales generalizadas y no recíprocas que han perjudicado a los agricultores, fabricantes y trabajadores estadounidenses”, dijo la oficina del Representante de Comercio de Estados Unidos en una publicación en redes sociales sobre los nuevos impuestos a las importaciones.

El primer ministro de Ontario, Doug Ford, instó de inmediato a Canadá a tomar represalias.

“Si estos aranceles siguen adelante, Canadá debería responder arancel por arancel, dólar por dólar”, dijo Ford en una publicación en X.

Trump citó la Sección 338 de la Ley Arancelaria de 1930, una ley que permite a un presidente fijar aranceles de hasta el 50 % cuando otro país discrimina contra los bienes estadounidenses. Sin embargo, la ley nunca se ha aplicado de esta manera.

Quedan excluidas de la última ronda de aranceles varias importaciones canadienses clave, incluidos productos energéticos, minerales críticos, pescado y otros bienes que están sujetos a aranceles específicos por industria, como los automóviles y los metales.

Sin embargo, a diferencia de otros gravámenes que Trump ha promulgado contra Canadá, no habrá excepciones para los bienes cubiertos por el pacto comercial conocido como el Acuerdo Estados Unidos-México-Canadá, que actualmente está en negociación.

Con información de David Goldman de CNN.

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By MJ Lee, Nicky Robertson, CNN

(CNN) — The first day Roza Gilles showed up for her new job at a high-rise office building in downtown Palm Beach in the summer of 2009, a woman was massaging Jeffrey Epstein’s feet.

Gilles, 18 at the time, had recently come to the US to pursue her career as a model after being approached backstage in her home country of Uzbekistan by a modeling agent with ties to Epstein. Gilles was immediately saddled with debt by the modeling agency, which charged her thousands of dollars for her visa and rent. Distraught, Gilles thought she’d be better off going back to Asia where she had a successful run as a teenage model, but Epstein offered her a weekend job as a receptionist in his office to supplement her income.

Now, in a room with Epstein inside of a 14th floor office, the woman invited Gilles to sit next to her. As Epstein gave Gilles his foot, she noticed a black plastic band around his ankle with a small box with a blinking light attached to it. When she asked what it was, Gilles says Epstein and the woman laughed. Epstein then told Gilles to take her shirt off.

“I froze,” Gilles said. “And the woman comes over and starts unbuttoning my blouse. She takes it off, then she takes off my bra, and then she walks out.”

Epstein sexually assaulted Gilles for the first time that day – the beginning of years of rape and abuse. She wouldn’t realize until sometime later that the device Epstein had been wearing was an ankle monitor and that he was serving jail time for soliciting prostitution from a minor.

Gilles is one of countless women abused by the late convicted child sex offender. Her story – which she is publicly sharing in full for the first time with CNN – offers a vivid window into the unusual parameters of Epstein’s controversial 2008 plea deal in Florida that authorized him to spend much of his sentence outside of jail. That arrangement allowed Epstein to continue abusing young women even as he was serving his sentence following his conviction. That included young foreign models such as Gilles – and at times, the abuse took place while a Palm Beach County sheriff’s officer was in the next room, survivors told CNN.

“He didn’t stop what he was doing while convicted. He was doing the same thing,” Gilles said. “He had no remorse. The things he was doing to me hurt me so much, and left the biggest scar, and I will never – I will never be able to move on from this, no matter how hard I try.”

Two women who spoke to CNN under the condition that they not be named publicly said that they too were abused by Epstein at the Florida Science Foundation office. The non-profit was created in November 2007 shortly before Epstein entered his guilty plea, and claimed to provide grants and financial support to science and research organizations. The women described the 14th floor office space as accessible by elevator that often buzzed with visitors and activity during the work week. One woman recalled that there were numerous white noise machines – white, mushroom-like domes – placed throughout the office.

Epstein appeared to have developed something of a routine for the days that he spent at the Florida Science Foundation, these women said. His mornings there began with coffee and a muffin, and the financier, who complained that he didn’t sleep well at the Palm Beach Stockade minimum

By Alexandra Skores, Tami Luhby, CNN

Washington (CNN) — Tampa International Airport will privatize most Transportation Security Administration operations, just months after President Donald Trump unveiled a 2027 budget proposal that called for handing more airport security over to private companies.

In a statement to CNN on Monday, Tampa International Airport said it “opted in” to the TSA Gold+ program, a new public/private partnership screening program. TSA will still have regulatory oversight of the airport’s screening operations, and the checkpoints will have to follow TSA rules, but the employees will be hired and security equipment managed by a company instead of the federal government.

Participation in the new program is voluntary and requires airports to apply.

“TPA’s decision to join TSA Gold+ reflects the Airport’s strong commitment to modernization, innovation, and operational resilience in aviation security,” the airport told CNN. “The change to privatization not only reduces disruption risks caused by lapses in federal appropriations or government shutdowns but also allows greater flexibility in exploring new screening checkpoint infrastructure and technology to enhance the customer experience.”

The news was first reported by aviation newsletter Gate Access.

The change is targeted for May 31, 2027, a TSA employee in Tampa said they were told during a town hall Monday led by Adam Stahl, acting TSA deputy administrator. Many now face the difficult choice of applying to work at the private contractor, finding other government jobs, transferring to another airport, resigning or taking retirement earlier than they might have planned.

“Some employees were sad, some were crying and others were visibly upset,” the staffer said, noting that workers were told in May that the airport had put in an application for the TSA Gold+ program. “Others put in their retirement paperwork right away.”

TSA officers in Tampa will get the first right of refusal for jobs when a private security vendor is selected, the employee was told.

The latest White House budget proposal, released in April, would require small airports to enroll in TSA’s Screening Partnership Program, under which TSA pays for private screeners. The administration says the move would save $52 million and “begin reform of a troubled Federal agency.”

The Gold+ program expands upon an existing program that has been used by a handful of airports featuring privatized screening by also allowing them to manage the screening technology.

There are 20 airports in the United States that have private companies operating the security checkpoints supervised by the TSA under the Screening Partnership Program. San Francisco International, Kansas City International, Orlando Sanford and 17 smaller airports participate.

Privatizing TSA airport screening became a talking point among lawmakers and the president over the last year after government shutdowns disrupted air travel. When TSA employee

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Por Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN

Los estadounidenses han reducido el consumo en cadenas de comida con menús cargados de lechuga a medida que aumentan las preocupaciones por el brote de cyclospora.

La semana pasada, la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) y los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) vincularon la lechuga servida en algunos restaurantes de Taco Bell con el brote generalizado del parásito que causa diarrea.

Incluso antes del anuncio oficial, los consumidores parecían desconfiar de la posible conexión de Taco Bell con el brote.

El tráfico de clientes cayó 16,9 % el 15 de julio en comparación con los niveles diarios promedio de Taco Bell este año, según datos nacionales de Placer.ai. Cuando los funcionarios federales de salud identificaron públicamente a la cadena como parte de la investigación el 17 de julio, la afluencia de clientes cayó casi 19 %.

Taco Bell le dijo a CNN la semana pasada que retiró la lechuga potencialmente comprometida. Pero no es la única cadena de comida afectada por clientes cautelosos. Cava, Chopt, Panera Bread, Chipotle y Subway han registrado caídas significativas en las visitas, según Placer. La firma de análisis usa datos móviles para rastrear las visitas.

Chopt vio una reducción de clientes 10,9 % el 16 de julio y 14,3 % el 17 de julio, según datos de Placer. La cadena de ensaladas, que opera principalmente en la Costa Este, no respondió a la solicitud de comentarios de CNN.

Subway registró una caída significativa en el tráfico diario el 16 de julio, bajando 19,2 % en comparación con los promedios diarios antes del brote. Subway no respondió a la solicitud de comentarios de CNN.

Cava, Chipotle y Panera Bread, por su parte, experimentaron disminuciones inferiores al 10 % el 16 y el 17 de julio.

“Seguimos de cerca la investigación sobre Cyclospora y, por el momento, no creemos que los ingredientes que obtenemos estén asociados”, dijo a CNN en un comunicado el director de asuntos corporativos y de inocuidad alimentaria de Chipotle. Cava y Panera Bread no respondieron a la solicitud de comentarios de CNN.

Se desconoce qué está causando el brote que ha afectado a miles de estadounidenses. Sin embargo, la FDA dijo el lunes que todavía cree que Taylor Farms, el proveedor de lechuga de muchas sucursales de Taco Bell, es la fuente probable.

Pese a la preocupación por el brote, los restaurantes de comida rápida informal y de servicio rápido en su conjunto se han mantenido. El sector el 17 de julio cayó solo 1,1 % y 1,9 %, respectivamente, en comparación con los promedios diarios.

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