Trump está reconstruyendo silenciosamente su motor arancelario

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Por David Goldman, CNN

El presidente Donald Trump prometió restaurar su régimen arancelario tras los reveses en la Corte Suprema y otros desafíos legales. Y eso es lo que está haciendo, pero no de la manera fanfarrona e improvisada (con publicaciones nocturnas en MAYÚSCULAS) que una vez definió su política arancelaria.

El nuevo enfoque de Trump hacia los aranceles —silencioso, metódico y paciente— es deliberado. Las herramientas que ahora está usando para reconstruir su motor arancelario son mucho más precisas que las anteriores.

Pero si tiene éxito, sus más recientes aranceles podrían ser tan drásticos como los anteriores. Y más duraderos.

A última hora del martes por la noche, el Representante de Comercio de Estados Unidos (USTR, por sus siglas en inglés), Jamieson Greer, publicó un informe de 98 páginas que detalla el resultado de una investigación de varios meses sobre las políticas de los socios comerciales respecto a la compra de bienes fabricados con trabajo forzoso.

El informe concluyó que 60 economías con las que Estados Unidos hace negocios no han logrado imponer o hacer cumplir de manera efectiva prohibiciones para importar a sus países artículos que fueron fabricados por personas que trabajaban contra su voluntad o por una remuneración insuficiente. Otros, dijo Greer, han tomado “pasos iniciales” para restringir el trabajo forzado, pero afirmó que cada socio comercial de Estados Unidos debe resolver el problema con mayor rapidez.

“El fracaso de nuestros socios comerciales más importantes a la hora de abordar la importación de bienes fabricados con trabajo forzado es inaceptable”, dijo Greer en un comunicado. “Esto crea una dinámica en la que los trabajadores estadounidenses se ven obligados a competir globalmente en un terreno de juego desigual”.

Como remedio, Greer propuso un arancel mínimo del 10 % generalizado para todos los socios comerciales que la administración investigó, citando la autoridad de la Sección 301 de la Ley de Comercio de 1974. Varios bloques comerciales que anteriormente habían entablado negociaciones comerciales con Estados Unidos, incluidos Canadá, México, la Unión Europea, Ecuador, Indonesia y Pakistán, estarían sujetos al nuevo arancel del 10 %.

Muchos otros países enfrentarían un arancel más alto del 12,5 %, incluidos China, Brasil, Japón e India. Esos son los socios comerciales que USTR sostiene que ni siquiera han dado pasos iniciales para erradicar el trabajo forzado de sus economías en lo referente a bienes importados.

Los aranceles no entrarán en vigor de inmediato: han entrado en un período de comentarios públicos que se extenderá hasta el 6 de julio, y USTR celebrará audiencias sobre la propuesta el 7 de julio.

Trump ha señalado durante mucho tiempo que usaría métodos alternativos para imponer sus aranceles, incluso antes de que la Corte Suprema en febrero declarara que Trump no tenía autoridad para usar poderes de emergencia para imponer impuestos a las importaciones.

Inmediatamente después del fallo de la Corte Suprema, Trump anunció un arancel universal del 10 % por 150 días en virtud de la Sección 122 de la Ley de Comercio de 1974. Pero a principios de mayo, un panel de jueces del Tribunal de Comercio Internacional de Estados Unidos determinó que la administración carecía de justificación para promulgar aranceles.

Eso siempre estuvo destinado a ser una medida temporal. Y la administración ha señalado que podría usar la Sección 301 como una solución más permanente.

La Sección 301 permite a la USTR investigar a países que potencialmente estén violando acuerdos comerciales u otras prácticas que perjudiquen a las empresas estadounidenses. Trump utilizó la Sección 301 durante su primer mandato para aumentar los aranceles sobre varias importaciones chinas, junto con aeronaves y otros bienes de la Unión Europea.

Y, a diferencia de la Sección 122, no hay lími

Local Non-Profits Combine Forces as Many Face Dwindling Funds

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - More than 200 representatives from non-profits in Santa Barbara County have come together with many looking at collaborations in the future.

This comes at a time when federal funds are being cut back on many levels, and the impacts are being felt in local communities.

In a special gathering called "State of Non-Profits," the Santa Barbara Foundation brought leaders with ideas and plans together in one room. It took place Tuesday morning at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort.

Those attending were especially concerned about funding cuts, future needs, expectations, trends and working with similar groups.

Among those sharing an example was Steve Windhager the CEO of the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens. Windhager says they have a botanist who will be working with the National Park Service on the recovery efforts involving sensitive species at the 18,000 acre Santa Rosa Island fire. This comes as that government position is not currently filled and the non profit has the resources locally.

Another collaboration involved groups working together to get a special school bond passed in Lompoc to upgrade facilities. It had previously failed.

Leaders said they are frustrated with the impacts of housing costs and pay limitations (with rising inflation) when it comes to hiring the staff they need.

Several leaders said working together is "absolutely" critical right now.

(More details, photos and video will be added later today.)

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Fact check: The many lies Trump told the New York Post

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By Daniel Dale, CNN

(CNN) — Another softball interview. Another series of obvious lies from the president.

President Donald Trump’s conversation with conservative New York Post columnist and podcaster Miranda Devine, released on Wednesday morning, featured some of Trump’s longest-debunked false claims about elections, the economy and immigration. As with his inaccurate comments in a Fox News interview that aired on Saturday, which was conducted by his daughter-in-law Lara Trump, these assertions went unchallenged.

Here is a fact check of some of his remarks in the Post interview. This is not intended as a comprehensive list.

Elections

Mail-in ballots: Trump falsely claimed, as he has on numerous previous occasions, “We’re the only country in the world that has mail-in ballots. No other country does it anymore.”

In fact, dozens of countries  — including Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany and Switzerland  — allow some or all voters to vote by mail, though the specifics of their policies vary.

The 2020 election: Trump repeatedly uttered his familiar lie that the 2020 election was “rigged,” this time adding that “it’s been proven to be rigged.” Trump lost fair and square to Joe Biden, the election wasn’t “rigged,” and – five-and-a-half years later — there is no proof for Trump’s assertion.

Trump also said of Biden: “Should have never been president. He lost the election in a landslide.” Biden actually won the election 306 to 232 in the Electoral College, and he earned more than 7 million more votes than Trump did.

Trump’s election performance: Trump lied of his election performance: “I won it three times.” Trump won the 2016 and 2024 elections and lost the 2020 election.

The 2024 election: Trump described the 2024 election he won as “a great election,” but then said, “They had a lot of rigging going on there too,” adding, “There were areas that were just rigged. I could see it. In other words, rigged against me.” There is no basis for these claims, either; Trump won the election legitimately but lost some communities and states legitimately.

Democrats and elections: Trump repeated his lie that Democrats “couldn’t win” without cheating, also saying, “If they didn’t cheat, they could not win because their policies are so bad” and that “if they didn’t cheat you wouldn’t have them in.” This is simply baseless; Democrats, like Republicans, win elections legitimately.

Ballots in California: Reprising a false claim he made in May, Trump said, “You know, in California, they mail out 38 — I think 38 million ballots.” He added, “And some people get three, four, five ballots. Republicans get, oftentimes, none.” Both of these claims are incorrect. California had about 22.6 million voters registered as of about two weeks prior to the last presidential election and about 23.2 million voters registered Read more

Community Rallies Against City Council To Close Paul Nelson Aquatic Center

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SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) - During Tuesday's meeting, the City Council of Santa Maria began to consider a possible annual winter closure of the Paul Nelson Aquatics Center.

City leaders say they were surprised at the amount of public interest that continues to flood in.

As the issue is embedded within the much bigger discussions about the city’s budget challenges, city leaders say the exact course of action is less than pool-water clear.

In light of how much it costs to keep the facility running, the low revenue stream from its use has placed it on a list of budgetary considerations.

City leaders say a large crowd formed at Tuesday night’s council meeting, reinforcing a continuous flood of emails urging the council to keep the pool open year-round.

During public comment, retired Allan Hancock College professor Nancy Jo Ward said closing the pool would have even more of an adverse affect on the community than its current low revenue stream.

Ward said that, in addition to schools’ use of the pool for teaching the lifesaving skill of swimming to kids who live close to the ocean being vital to public safety, local seniors use the pool for crucial exercise and health practices — not to mention the high recreational summer use.

In light of the various concerns, the City Council has decided to keep the pool open for the time being, delaying their ultimate decision as they consider alternative options.

The city will be speaking with the stakeholders, and the discussion will be revisited at the city council’s next meeting on June 16th.

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