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Americans Looking For 'Balance' on Trade Says Rep. Malliotakis
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7:14Now PlayingNew York Republican Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis says that she hopes President Trump will offer extensions on the incoming trade deadline to countries currently engaged in tariff negotiations with the US. She comes out against Republican efforts to redraw the congressional map in Texas, saying gerrymandering is wrong no matter which party is doing it.
Texas Republicans unveiled their first proposal for a revamped congressional map after President Donald Trump called on state lawmakers to deliver as many as five new GOP seats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
The unusual mid-decade restructuring targets Democratic seats around Houston, Dallas and Central Texas, said Mark Jones, a political science professor at Rice University. That sets up a showdown in the state legislature, with Democrats threatening to flee Texas in a bid to force legislative activity to a standstill.
“The Republicans went for the Full Monty,” Jones said in an interview. “This is a very aggressive plan.”
The Texas face-off will have far-reaching national implications as Trump seeks to safeguard the narrow Republican majority in the US House of Representatives. In recent weeks, Democratic lawmakers from Texas have met governors from states including California and Illinois to discuss retaliatory redistricting efforts.
Texas typically redraws its congressional maps with new census data every ten years. But earlier this month, the US Justice Department sent a letter to Texas officials arguing that four of the state’s congressional districts were racially gerrymandered. All four seats cited were won by Democrats last year.
President Donald Trump entered office in January pledging to unleash prosperity by raising tariffs and cutting red tape. Six months later, the back-office systems connecting the US and global economies face their toughest test yet against an onslaught of both.
Importers, customs brokers and the broader logistics industry are bracing for a deluge of fine print on tariffs before Friday, when Trump has pledged higher country-specific duties amid a number of import taxes targeted at certain products and materials.
Hours before the deadline, key details needed to keep goods flowing and the paper trail compliant are unclear: What will dozens of still-unspecified levies be, will they apply to merchandise already in transit, and how and when will some of Trump’s recent deals be implemented?
“If there is no formal notification before Aug. 1, does that mean the current rates are being assessed? The April 2 tariff rates? We don’t know,” said Cindy Allen, chief executive officer of Trade Force Multiplier LLC, an international trade and customs consulting firm.
US Customs and Border Protection, the federal agency that enforces tariffs and the nation’s trade laws, can’t implement anything based on Trump’s letters, Truth Social posts or administration fact sheets that have outlined his negotiated deals and unilateral pronouncements. CBP needs a more formal notice, such as an executive order or proclamation.
That’s paralyzing companies and their customs brokers who face mounting electronic paperwork, using software that hadn’t been updated as of early Thursday.
‘Around the Clock’
After months of trying to keep up with quick-changing rules, the importers-of-record that actually pay tariffs — not US trading partners, as Trump often claims — worry about penalties and surprise bills that can run into the millions of dollars. For many, it’s impossible to know where and when to send their next purchase orders, much less plan capital investments.
In addition to making customs declarations, brokers now “are really in the weeds with advising clients in how to comply with the regulations and changing tariffs, but also looking at strategies on how to reduce the tariffs, mitigate the tariffs, delay the tariffs,” said William Jansen, head of customs brokerage at SEKO Logistics. “It’s around the clock.”
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