1. US trade officials fear their Chinese counterparts could be using a back door into the American market, trying to avoid paying taxes by sending metals through Mexico. They announced on Wednesday that they are imposing tariffs on foreign-made steel and aluminum shipped from Mexico.
2. Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has arrived in the United States to join the NATO summit in Washington. Kishida will take part in the summit on Thursday as the leader of a NATO partner country in the Indo-Pacific, along with South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. 3. Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries have stressed their alliance’s unity and affirmed continued support for Ukraine in their summit declaration. The leaders stressed unity and solidarity in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying they are “bound together by shared values: individual liberty, human rights, democracy and the rule of law.”
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