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President Donald Trump on Oct. 6 ordered approval of a proposed 211-mile road through an Alaska wilderness to allow mining of copper, cobalt, gold and other minerals.

One of the world’s most durable and amicable alliances has been fractured by Trump’s trade war and annexation threats.

Brazil’s overall exports grew last month as greater shipments to destinations like China and Argentina blunted the hit from 50% tariffs imposed by the U.S. government, according to data.

President Donald Trump said 25% duties on medium- and heavy-duty trucks would begin Nov. 1, the latest expansion of his tariff regime aimed at protecting domestic industries.

Companies that paid the $165 billion in customs duties collected so far this fiscal year won’t have an easy time getting their money back.

But farmers are worried that time is quickly running out to reach a trade deal with China in time to sell any of this year’s crop to their biggest customer.

U.S. tariffs on steel, aluminum, autos and lumber — all major export industries for Canada — remain in place.

Details on how the levies would be imposed and collected were scant as of Oct. 2, which kept truck makers understandably tight-lipped about the potential impact.

Trump said Oct. 1 he plans to raise the issue when he meets Xi in South Korea at the end of October. But the clock is already ticking for U.S. soybean growers, with the harvest already under way.

Robert Primus, who had served on the board since 2001, said his firing threatens the independence of the five-member Surface Transportation Board.