Key Events This Week: CPI, PPI, Retail Sales, Trump-Xi Summit

Contaminated Meat From Brazil Hits The EU, As Mercosur Opponents Are Proven Right Via Remix News, Opponents of Brussels’ deal with Latin American countries to import agricultural products are being proven right, unfortunately. Meat containing a banned growth hormone has shown up in the EU, a Dutch authority has reported, leading Polish authorities to order urgent inspections by the relevant inspectorates. EU farmers and multiple groups warned that the lack of safety regulations in use across the Mercosur countries would lead to such outcomes. The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority announced...

Most Voters Want Immunity For Vaccine Companies Removed: Poll Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, A majority of voters say immunity for pharmaceutical firms should be removed in cases where the companies’ vaccines cause injuries, according to a new poll. Sixty percent of voters responding to the poll agreed that vaccine manufacturers should be stripped of immunity in such cases, including 33 percent who strongly backed withdrawing the immunity. Majorities across all age groups, genders, and races also supported the immunity abolishment. Just 27.5 percent of respondents did not think the immunity...

More Than Half Of Americans Believe AI Will Do More Harm Than Good: Poll Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times, About 55 percent of Americans surveyed in a 2026 Quinnipiac poll said artificial intelligence (AI) will be more harmful than helpful. The survey, released on March 30, was conducted in collaboration with the Quinnipiac University School of Computing & Engineering and the Quinnipiac University School of Business. In April 2025, only 44 percent believed AI would do more harm than good in their daily lives. In the 2026 poll, 21 percent answered...