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Weekly Wrap: Executive orders and international trade

by Molly Wood
Mar 31, 2017
Wrapping up the week's business news with Catherine Rampell and Nela Richardson.
US President Donald Trump and US Vice President Mike Pence stand alongside Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross as he speaks about Trump signing executive orders on trade policies in the Oval Office of the White House.
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Trump puts anti-global warming projects on chopping block

by Marketplace Contributor
Mar 28, 2017
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday aimed at moving forward on his campaign pledge to unravel former President Barack Obama’s plan to curb global warming. The order will suspend, rescind or flag for review more than a half-dozen measures in an effort to boost domestic energy production […]
President Donald Trump signs one of five executive orders related to the oil pipeline industry in the Oval Office of the White House January 24, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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Survivalist expos are drawing thousands

by Marketplace Contributor
Mar 28, 2017
Prepper businesses have picked up after Trump's election. Self-reliance and fear are a few reasons why.
Customers check out survival gear, such as army backpacks, knives and freeze-dried food, at the National Preppers and Survivalists expo in Gonzales, Louisiana.
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The IMF faces scrutiny by Trump team

by Aaron Schrank
Mar 27, 2017
President Trump’s “America first” rhetoric has been critical of international cooperation across the board. Trump called NATO “obsolete” and NAFTA the “worst trade deal ever.” And his administration announced plans earlier this month to nominate a fierce critic of the International Monetary Fund to a key role at the Treasury Department. Here’s what that could […]
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Trump’s son-in law to head new American Innovation office with an old concept

by Adam Allington
Mar 27, 2017
Kushner will try to marry private-sector efficiency with government bureaucracy.
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Weekly Wrap: Health care bill falls apart. Now what?

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 24, 2017
Leigh Gallagher of Fortune and Sudeep Reddy of Politico join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week, they talk about the GOP’s health care bill falling apart and what comes next now that President Donald Trump shifts focus on tax reform.   
President Donald Trump asked Speaker of the House Paul Ryan to withdraw the Republican health care bill moments before a vote.
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Trump's trips are expensive. Can Congress step in?

by Tony Wagner
Mar 23, 2017
His living arrangement with the First Lady is costly too. Are taxpayers on the hook for all of it?
President Donald Trump walks down the stairs after arriving on Air Force One at the Palm Beach International Airport to spend part of the weekend at Mar-a-Lago resort on February 17, 2017 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Trump set to reshape the Wall Street regulation?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Mar 23, 2017
The Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to hold a confirmation hearing Thursday on Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s choice to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. Clayton does not have a track record in Washington, and that makes it difficult to know if he shares Trump’s distaste for government regulation. But we can tell something […]
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What it's like to live and work in H-1B visa limbo

by Sally Herships
Mar 22, 2017
The program allows employers to hire skilled foreign workers through a lottery system. The next step can take years.
A woman holds an American flag during a naturalization oath ceremony in Boston.
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Trump's former campaign chairman had plan to benefit Putin government

by Marketplace Contributor
Mar 22, 2017
Paul Manafort secretly worked for a billionaire to advance the interests of the Russian president.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits USA House in the Olympic Village in Sochi, Russia back in 2014.
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