Alfalfa Sprouts Linked To Bacterial Infections In 15 US States

US May Halve Canada Metals Tariffs As Friday Deal Deadline Looms Summary: US-Canada Trade Deal Would Cut Metals Tariffs to 25%: Report Trump: "It's good for everybody, but our farmers are going to be thrilled. Our manufacturers are going to be thrilled." Trump Pauses 50% Canada Tariffs At 11th Hour, Declares "We Have A Deal" US-Canada Trade Deal Would Cut Metals Tariffs to 25%: Report Sources told Bloomberg that a tentative trade deal would cut US tariffs on certain Canadian steel and aluminum exports to 25% from 50%. The report continued: The details have yet to be...

President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are making me feel like I’m smack dab back in the middle of the old Cold War racket — the racket that succeeded in making the US national-security state and its ever-growing army of “defense” contractors a permanent feature of American life. The State Department just issued […]

Strongest El Nino In 75 Years Sets Off Food Supply-Chain Alarm Bells The US Climate Prediction Center has warned that the weather phenomenon El Niño, which only recently emerged across the Pacific, could become the most powerful in more than 75 years. This raises the risk of adverse weather conditions across the US, Asia, Australia, and South America. The stronger the weather event becomes, the greater the threat to critical food supply chains, which are already vulnerable to drought, flooding, export restrictions, and rising protectionism. The CPC, a NOAA/National Weather...