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From the BBC World Service: President Donald Trump has announced a new 35% tariff on Canadian imports, due to start next month. Tariffs are dominating talks at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in Malaysia, where many of its attendees could face import taxes of up to 50%. And following a peace deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the U.S., which brokered the deal, has signaled it wants a stake in the DRC's resources.

X CEO Linda Yaccarino leaves the social media giant on the heels of antisemitic posts from AI chatbot Grok. SCOTUS rejects a challenge to a Texas law for age verification online. President Trump this week said he’ll impose a 50% tariff on copper. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino is joined by Maria Curi, tech policy reporter at Axios, to discuss all this.

When companies release earnings reports, they often predict where they’re headed next, profit-wise. Lately, thanks to all that pesky economic uncertainty, some firms have altered their forecasts or opted out altogether. In this episode, why some guidance is better than no guidance. Plus: OPEC foresees oil demand growth through 2050, protein is the latest food fad, and an environmental organizer takes us on a mini “toxic” tour of his community that’s adjacent to a petrochemical complex.

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Even before the catastrophic flooding in Texas, weather experts were ringing alarm bells over how staffing cuts at federal weather agencies could affect the reliability of weather forecasts in the United States. Marketplace’s Amy Scott joins us on the show today to explain how these cuts are impacting the day-to-day at the National Weather Service, and look at other headwinds the agency could face in the future, including privatization efforts and the ever-complicating factor of climate change.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• "Burning Questions: How do cuts to NOAA impact all of us?" from “How We Survive” 
• "FEMA cuts put more pressure on local disaster relief" from Marketplace 
• "Debate erupts over role job cuts played in weather forecasts ahead of deadly Texas floods" from AP News
• "Flood predictions could worsen when Trump’s cuts take hold" from Politico
• "As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas" from The New York Times
• "Republicans want to privatize weather forecasts. Do Trump appointees stand to benefit?" from Fast Company 

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More than 200,000 federal workers have been fired, resigned, or taken early retirement since President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Now, this week, the Supreme Court ruled that Trump can proceed with additional job cuts at federal agencies. We'll unpack the sort of labor market fired federal employees face and hear how some job hunters are faring. Also, this spring's power outage in the Iberian Peninsula highlighted the vulnerability of modern payment systems.

President Donald Trump says he wants 50% import taxes on goods from Brazil, even though Brazil buys more from the U.S. than it sells here. Trump has criticized Brazil's treatment of its former right-wing president, who's on trial for an alleged coup attempt. We'll hear more. Plus, most Federal Reserve officials think Trump's tariffs will have enduring effects on inflation. And, a new report finds deportations could cost California $275 billion annually.

From the BBC World Service: Lesotho has declared a national state of disaster that will last for two years. The government says soaring youth unemployment and job losses have pushed the small, mountainous country into crisis, and it's bracing for things to get worse with U.S. tariffs and aid cuts announced by President Donald Trump. Plus, a growing number of countries are stepping in with new laws to make sure cash payments don't disappear.

For years, AI crawlers have scraped data and content from the internet for free. But last week, Cloudflare attempted to change that. With an update to its web services, the tech company keeps AI crawlers out by default. The hope? To create a new economic model that makes AI companies finally pay for the content they collect.

In this episode, Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino speaks with Cloudflare co-founder and CEO, Matthew Prince, about his vision for a fairer internet.

The June jobs report gave a sunny picture of the labor market. But if you’re, say, looking for a job right now, you may see things a bit differently. What gives? In this episode, we break down the pros and cons of backward-looking data, and search elsewhere for answers about the current employment situation. Plus: Entrepreneurship chugs along in this uncertain economy, rents finally seem to hold steady, and U.S. copper prices spike.

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Now that the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is law, Congress is turning its attention to another matter: avoiding a government shutdown. We’ll explain what it will take to keep the government running beyond Congress’ Sept. 30 deadline. And, we’ll fill you in on another deadline: President Trump’s new due date for trade deals before a slew of higher tariff rates kick in. Plus, a listener’s story of frozen pizza and facing fears.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• "Why the federal government will shut down. And why it won’t" from Punchbowl News
• "Trump combats TACO reputation as White House extends tariff deadline" from The Washington Post
• "Too Many Goods Are About To Face Historically High Tariffs" from Tax Policy Center

• "Flint finally replaced its lead pipes" from The Washington Post

  
  

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