[Trump's tariff threats] triggered an emergency meeting of European countries’ representatives Sunday, and French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly asked the European Union to activate its so-called anti-coercion instrument, colloquially known as a “trade bazooka.” The trade bazooka could block some of America’s access to EU markets or impose export controls, among a broader list of potential countermeasures.

The EU may be receptive to Macron’s call, based on comments Monday from its executive arm. “People ask me, ‘Is the anti-coercion instrument back on the table?’ It was never off the table,” Olof Gill, a spokesperson for the European Commission, told reporters. “The EU has tools at its disposal and is prepared to respond should the threatened tariffs be imposed.”

The bloc will also consider imposing €93 billion ($108 billion) of previously announced retaliatory tariffs against the United States that were delayed when the EU and United States reached a tentative trade truce in July last year, according to Reuters.

Using its “trade bazooka,” which could suspend US company licenses or tax US services, could take the EU months to implement, warned Dan Hamilton, a senior non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Conservative and Labour MPs have become the first voices to call for a boycott of the World Cup this summer after Trump announced new tariffs on the UK.

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The most significant of its pharmaceutical exports is insulin. Reported trade figures suggest that around 74% of US insulin imports (by value) come from Denmark.

Denmark is also home to Novo Nordisk, creator and manufacturer of one of only two leading GLP-1 anti-obesity drugs in the world, with around 55% of the global market share, but slightly less in the US, according to available data.

AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) -- The secretary of state's office says Border Patrol asked for undercover plates and the office refused them over concerns about what federal officers have planned for Maine.

Secretary Bellows' office says it received a request for confidential, undercover Maine license plates from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The office says, because of rumors about ICE planning to ramp up operations in Maine and abuses of power in Minnesota and around the country, it's paused issuing new plates.

Secretary Bellows says she wants to be assured plates "will not be used for lawless purposes."

LadyAlthea said:

Maine denies Border Patrol's request for undercover plates amid ICE operation concerns

https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-denies-border-patrols-request-for-undercover-plates-amid-ice-operation-concerns

AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) -- The secretary of state's office says Border Patrol asked for undercover plates and the office refused them over concerns about what federal officers have planned for Maine.

Secretary Bellows' office says it received a request for confidential, undercover Maine license plates from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The office says, because of rumors about ICE planning to ramp up operations in Maine and abuses of power in Minnesota and around the country, it's paused issuing new plates.

Secretary Bellows says she wants to be assured plates "will not be used for lawless purposes."

LadyAlthea said:

Im very worried about the greenland thing. If it comes to anything big they will move military into maine and the we become a target. awesome.

Slutbinwalla said:

Anyone know any trump people?
What do they think about all this shit lately?
I don't know of any trumpers in my life so I can't ask them.
I'm in a bubble as it were.

The memo is addressed to all ICE personnel. But it has been shown only to “select DHS officials” who then shared it with some employees who were told to read it and return it, Whistleblower Aid wrote in the disclosure.

But according to the whistleblowers’ account, newly hired ICE officers are being told they can rely solely on administrative warrants to enter homes to make arrests even though that conflicts with written Homeland Security training materials.

All of the state's 99 hospitals agreed to stop collecting certain debts dating back to 2014. They also pledged going forward to automatically discount care for patients who qualify for financial assistance — without requiring them to apply. For a family of four, that means an annual income of less than $96,000 qualifies.

The state tied additional Medicaid dollars for hospitals to debt relief dating back to 2014 — the earliest date the state could have expanded the health insurance program.

Trump filed a motion seeking a court order preventing the Justice Department from releasing the second volume of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump’s involvement in attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.