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Mexico's President Claudia Shane Baum says she is optimistic about agreeing to a tariff rate with the United States before an August 1st deadline.
This after President Trump declared he is imposing a 30% tariff on Mexico and the European Union.
NPR's Elena Moore reports that Mexico and Canada are basically in the same boat.
These things don't appear to be finalized yet.
An administration official told NPR that Mexico is in the same situation as Canada,
which got a letter from Trump this week proposing a new 35% tariff.
That official said it would, quote,
most likely only affect imports that don't comply with an existing trade agreement between the U.S.,
Mexico, and Canada.
NPR's Elena Moore.
The federal government allowed Camp Mystic in Texas to remove multiple buildings from government flood maps even
though the camp faced a significant risk of flooding.
NPR's Laura Sullivan has details on federal records that reflect the adjustment and policy for the camp that two weeks ago was tragically affected by a 100-year flood.
FEMA documents examined by NPR show the camp requested FEMA remove more than a dozen structures from its floodplain maps,