HAVANA (AP) — A JetBlue flight from Boston landed in Havana on Saturday last (November 10, 2018), as the US airline expanded its routes to Cuba despite a drop in American visitors amid tensions between the countries.The plane with more than 120 passengers on board was received with flags from both countries at the Jose Marti airport in Cuba’s capital.
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WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork) — President Donald Trump touted the economy’s 4.1 percent growth in the second quarter of 2018, the best since 2014. Speaking Friday from the South Lawn of the White House, the president said “we’re on track to hit the highest annual average growth rate in 13 years.” “I will say this right now and I will say it strongly, as the trade deals come in one by one, we are going to go a lot higher than these numbers and these are great numbers,” he said. The president said he’s confident next quarter’s numbers will be even higher. “We are now on track to hit an average GDP annual growth of over 3 percent and it could be substantially over 3 percent,” he said. “Each point, by the way, means approximately $3 trillion and 10 million jobs.” And Trump says as new trade deals com in, he expects the growth to soar even higher. He also touted record-low unemployment numbers among minorities and fewer Americans on food stamps. “We’ve added 3.7 million jobs since the election,” he said. “A number that is unthinkable if you go back to the campaign.” The president also said that “once again, we are the economic envy of the entire world” saying that when he meets leaders of other countries, “the first thing they say invariably is, ‘Mr. President, so nice to meet you. Congratulations on your economy. You’re leading the entire world.’” “They say it almost each and every time,” he said. Financial expert Bob Fuest agrees with the president’s assessment that this spike is no fluke. “People are happy. People in general feel a little bit wealthier,” he said. “A lot of economists think it is a one off and it will slow. I think it’s more like a riptide current and I think it’ll hold for a little bit, at least two or three more quarters.” And Fuest says New Yorkers are already feeling the impact. “I see a lot of retailers doing really well, as evidenced in the stock market, restaurants, higher spending, wage increases, and that’s all going to effect New Yorkers directly,” he said. About 25 percent of this quarter’s growth is due to exports, with overseas companies buying up U.S. products before new tariffs set in.
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — President Trump is rolling out a plan to spend billions to help farmers caught in the middle of a trade war. “China charges us when we make a car, 25 percent tariff. We charge them two and a half percent, other than that it’s a great idea,” said Trump. At a Veterans of Foreign Wars event in Kansas City, Missouri, President Trump touted his reasons for imposing tariffs on countries abroad, but now he will financially help out farmers who will suffer under the tariffs. The administration is ready to roll out billions of dollars in relief. U.S. agricultural exports have been the prime target of China and other countries retaliating against Trump’s tariffs. However, the president insists farmers will do well in the end. “The farmers will be the biggest beneficiaries. Watch we’re opening up markets you watch what’s going to happen–just be a little patient, they are all aiming at anybody that likes me,” said Trump. Earlier in the day, the president sounded off on social media. “Tariffs are the greatest! Either a country which has treated the United States unfairly on Trade negotiates a fair deal, or it gets hit with Tariffs. It’s as simple as that – and everybody’s talking! Remember, we are the “piggy bank” that’s being robbed. All will be Great!” Trump tweeted. Tariffs are the greatest! Either a country which has treated the United States unfairly on Trade negotiates a fair deal, or it gets hit with Tariffs. It’s as simple as that – and everybody’s talking! Remember, we are the “piggy bank” that’s being robbed. All will be Great! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 24, 2018 Some Republicans in states with a major automotive industry are not 100 percent on board. “Tariffs are not great. But the fact of the matter is trying to find a way to better position American workers for the future is a laudable goal,” said Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina. “I’m very concerned that Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming Election. Based on the fact that no President has been tougher on Russia than me, they will be pushing very hard for the Democrats. They definitely don’t want Trump!” the president also tweeted this morning. I’m very concerned that Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming Election. Based on the fact that no President has been tougher on Russia than me, they will be pushing very hard for the Democrats. They definitely don’t want Trump! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 24, 2018 “Well that’s the President’s jujitsu, political action the reality of it Vladimir Putin knows he hit the lottery when he pursued undermining our elections in 2016,” said Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ). On another front the president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, announced she was shutting down her fashion company , releasing a statement which said, in part, “After 17 months in Washington, I do not know when or if I will ever return to the business, but I do know that my focus for the foreseeable future will be the work I am doing here in Washington. There is speculation she wants to pursue a career in public policy.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) — A common drug used to control blood pressure and help prevent heart failure was announced by the US Food and Drug Administration on Friday, a week after 22 other countries recalled it because the drug contains a chemical that poses a potential cancer risk. Valsartan is off patent and is used as a component of other generic medicines, but not all medicines containing the ingredient are involved, according to the FDA . The US recall includes the the versions of valsartan that are made by Major Pharmaceuticals, Solco Healthcare and Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. as well as valsartan/hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) sold by Solco Healthcare and Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. “We have carefully assessed the valsartan-containing medications sold in the United States, and we’ve found that the valsartan sold by these specific companies does not meet our safety standards. This is why we’ve asked these companies to take immediate action to protect patients,” said Dr. Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. In Europe and Asia, Novartis, the company that originally developed the drug, said Sandoz valsartan and valsartan /HCT film-coated tablets are being recalled because they “do not meet our high quality standards.” Pharmacies in the UK are advised to recall valsartan batches containing medicines made by Dexcel Pharma Ltd and Accord Healthcare. (Photo: SMU Constitutional and Administrative Law Wikipedia Project/Wikimedia Commons) The recall is due to the presence of the impurity, N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) , which was found in the recalled products, according to an FDA statement. NDMA is an organic chemical that is in a family of potent carcinogens. It has been used to make liquid rocket fuel, softeners and lubricants, among other products. It can also be unintentionally produced through certain chemical reactions and is a byproduct from some pesticide manufacturing, the making of rubber tires or fish processing. Animal studies have shown that NDMA can be toxic and cause tumors in the liver, kidney and respiratory tract. It can also be potentially harmful to humans in certain quantities. Exposure to high levels can cause liver damage and is a probable human carcinogen, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services . Novartis spokesman Eric Althoff said after the initial recall last week that products sold in the US were not affected by this recall, but the FDA’s ongoing review and laboratory tests found otherwise. “The presence of of NDMA was unexpected and is thought to be related to changes in the way the active substance was manufactured,” the FDA release said. “The amounts of NDMA found in Valsartan API are much lower than the cumulative endogenous production and usual external exposure of NDMA,” Althoff wrote in an email July 6. “There is no certainty as to how much this contaminant may potentially increase cancer risk in humans. Thus, the amount of NDMA found in the Valsartan API would not represent a significantly increased risk to the patients taking of Sandoz Valsartan and Sandoz Valsartan HCT Film coated tablets.” (Photo: fda.gov) The FDA’s investigation into the drug will continue. “The FDA is committed to maintaining our gold standard for safety and efficacy. That includes our efforts to ensure the quality of drugs and the safe manner in which they’re manufactured,” Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said Friday. “When we identify lapses in the quality of drugs and problems with their manufacturing that have the potential to create risks to patients, we’re committed to taking swift action to alert the public and help facilitate the removal of the products from the market. As we seek the removal of certain drug products today, our drug shortages team is also working hard to ensure patients’ therapeutic needs are met in the United States with an adequate supply of unaffected medications.” Patients are advised to talk to their doctor if they are taking the medication. They should not discontinue taking medication without a doctor’s permission. Going off their medication without supervision could be dangerous, according to the American Heart Association. (The-CNN-Wire & © 2018 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.)
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TOKYO, Japan (CBS News) — In a face-to-face visit with hopes of putting meat on the bones after the historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spent two days in North Korea this week negotiating with counterparts . In a first, he even spent a night in a guesthouse belonging to the regime in Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital. But late Saturday , North Korea’s Foreign Ministry called talks with Pompeo “regrettable.” A statement by an unnamed North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said the U.S. betrayed the spirit of the summit by making unilateral demands on the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the country, The Associated Press reported. The spokesman characterized demands by the U.S. that were “gangster-like,” and described the talks as “very concerning” because they had led to a “dangerous phase that might rattle our willingness for denuclearization that had been firm.” The statement from North Korea did not, however, take direct aim at Mr. Trump. “We still cherish our good faith in President Trump,” it wrote. Experts say this indicates that the regime is not completely backing away from negotiations, but giving itself breathing room at the negotiating levels. Yet the language also raises questions about what the countries actually agreed to during the Singapore Summit. Earlier on Saturday, Pompeo had been more positive. “I think we made progress in every element of our discussions,” Pompeo told reporters after he was asked if a timeline was set for denuclearization and if there was an agreement for the regime’s destruction of its nuclear program. The trip was Pompeo’s third to North Korea this year. For the first time, he did not meet with leader Kim Jong Un while visiting the country. Pompeo, who was carrying out the first meeting between the U.S. and North Korea since Mr. Trump met with Kim Jong Un in Singapore last month, would not reveal any details on the progress he said was made. He didn’t cite any major breakthroughs. Ahead of the visit, the State Department did not make promises about what Pompeo might walk away with. After the meetings, Pompeo admitted that certain areas of U.S.-North Korea negotiations still have a long way to go. “These are complicated issues, but we made progress on almost all of the central issues,” Pompeo said. “Some places a great deal of progress. Other place(s) there’s still more work to be done.” State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said there was never an expectation that Pompeo would meet with Kim, although other U.S. government officials previously indicated that was the plan. Pompeo never definitively said he would not meet with Kim. Pompeo went to Pyongyang with a letter for Kim Jong Un from Mr. Trump. The last time the two leaders exchanged letters was in early June when Kim Yong Chol — the country’s former spy chief and now the vice chairman of the Workers’ Party Central Committee — brought a letter to the White House for Mr. Trump on behalf of the leader. Kim Yong Chol delivered that letter by hand and met with Mr. Trump for about two hours. Pompeo pointed to an incremental development in North Korea’s commitment to return the remains of missing American soldiers . Department of Defense officials will meet with North Korean counterparts on July 12 to discuss the return of the remains. The conversations are based on a commitment that Kim Jong Un made last month during the Singapore summit. Last month Mr. Trump incorrectly stated that the remains were already sent to the United States. Before Pompeo’s visit, U.S. officials had named the missile test engine site that the North Koreans agreed to destroy — a commitment that was also made at the Singapore summit. Pompeo spoke with his counterparts about this commitment, but details were lacking. Pompeo did not say there was an agreement to monitor that destruction or if there would be any kind of technical verification that the destruction actually happened. Before Pompeo and Kim Yong Chol dove into Saturday’s long day of negotiations, Kim Yong Chol made some snarky comments as he sat with Pompeo in front of cameras. “Thinking about those discussions you might have not slept well last night,” he said to Pompeo, referencing their close to three-hour meal the night before during which they discussed “very important matters.” Pompeo told the North Korean negotiator that he “slept just fine.” Neither side revealed any details about the evening’s conversation. Pompeo and Kim Yong Chol indicated that a significant distance remains between the two sides in terms of expectations and demands. They both said they had things to “clarify.” Pompeo, who is now in Tokyo, is expected to meet with Japanese and South Korean counterparts to brief them on his visit. — Kylie Atwood (© 2018 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
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TOKYO, Japan (CBS News) — In a face-to-face visit with hopes of putting meat on the bones after the historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spent two days in North Korea this week negotiating with counterparts . In a first, he even spent a night in a guesthouse belonging to the regime in Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital. But late Saturday , North Korea’s Foreign Ministry called talks with Pompeo “regrettable.” A statement by an unnamed North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said the U.S. betrayed the spirit of the summit by making unilateral demands on the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the country, The Associated Press reported. The spokesman characterized demands by the U.S. that were “gangster-like,” and described the talks as “very concerning” because they had led to a “dangerous phase that might rattle our willingness for denuclearization that had been firm.” The statement from North Korea did not, however, take direct aim at Mr. Trump. “We still cherish our good faith in President Trump,” it wrote. Experts say this indicates that the regime is not completely backing away from negotiations, but giving itself breathing room at the negotiating levels. Yet the language also raises questions about what the countries actually agreed to during the Singapore Summit. Earlier on Saturday, Pompeo had been more positive. “I think we made progress in every element of our discussions,” Pompeo told reporters after he was asked if a timeline was set for denuclearization and if there was an agreement for the regime’s destruction of its nuclear program. The trip was Pompeo’s third to North Korea this year. For the first time, he did not meet with leader Kim Jong Un while visiting the country. Pompeo, who was carrying out the first meeting between the U.S. and North Korea since Mr. Trump met with Kim Jong Un in Singapore last month, would not reveal any details on the progress he said was made. He didn’t cite any major breakthroughs. Ahead of the visit, the State Department did not make promises about what Pompeo might walk away with. After the meetings, Pompeo admitted that certain areas of U.S.-North Korea negotiations still have a long way to go. “These are complicated issues, but we made progress on almost all of the central issues,” Pompeo said. “Some places a great deal of progress. Other place(s) there’s still more work to be done.” State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said there was never an expectation that Pompeo would meet with Kim, although other U.S. government officials previously indicated that was the plan. Pompeo never definitively said he would not meet with Kim. Pompeo went to Pyongyang with a letter for Kim Jong Un from Mr. Trump. The last time the two leaders exchanged letters was in early June when Kim Yong Chol — the country’s former spy chief and now the vice chairman of the Workers’ Party Central Committee — brought a letter to the White House for Mr. Trump on behalf of the leader. Kim Yong Chol delivered that letter by hand and met with Mr. Trump for about two hours. Pompeo pointed to an incremental development in North Korea’s commitment to return the remains of missing American soldiers . Department of Defense officials will meet with North Korean counterparts on July 12 to discuss the return of the remains. The conversations are based on a commitment that Kim Jong Un made last month during the Singapore summit. Last month Mr. Trump incorrectly stated that the remains were already sent to the United States. Before Pompeo’s visit, U.S. officials had named the missile test engine site that the North Koreans agreed to destroy — a commitment that was also made at the Singapore summit. Pompeo spoke with his counterparts about this commitment, but details were lacking. Pompeo did not say there was an agreement to monitor that destruction or if there would be any kind of technical verification that the destruction actually happened. Before Pompeo and Kim Yong Chol dove into Saturday’s long day of negotiations, Kim Yong Chol made some snarky comments as he sat with Pompeo in front of cameras. “Thinking about those discussions you might have not slept well last night,” he said to Pompeo, referencing their close to three-hour meal the night before during which they discussed “very important matters.” Pompeo told the North Korean negotiator that he “slept just fine.” Neither side revealed any details about the evening’s conversation. Pompeo and Kim Yong Chol indicated that a significant distance remains between the two sides in terms of expectations and demands. They both said they had things to “clarify.” Pompeo, who is now in Tokyo, is expected to meet with Japanese and South Korean counterparts to brief them on his visit. — Kylie Atwood (© 2018 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
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Wisconsin’s cheese industry could get caught in the crossfire of a trade dispute between the U.S. and other countries. The uncertainty is being felt by local dairy farmers, who are scared of losing business. CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds reports.
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Wisconsin dairy farmers brace for impact of tariffs
The cheese industry is caught in the crossfire of U.S. trade disputes with other countries. As the U.S. imposes tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods, China is expected to implement retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. cheese industry and other sectors. Dean Reynolds visits Sartori Cheese company in Wisconsin, where 12 percent of its business depends on exports.
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Wisconsin cheese industry braces for impact from tariffs
The cheese industry is caught in the crossfire of U.S. trade disputes with other countries. As the U.S. imposes tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods, China is expected to implement retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. cheese industry and other sectors. Dean Reynolds visits Sartori Cheese company in Wisconsin, where 12 percent of its business depends on exports.
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