Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Treasury Secretary Scott Besant is expected to unveil additional economic sanctions against Iran today,
which is already suffering because of previous sanctions and the U.S.
War that's now in its sixth month.
President Trump has pledged to go after other countries
that give Iran an economic lifeline, this as peace talks stalled.
And here's Emily Fang has more.
I talked to Alan Eyre about this.
He's a longtime American diplomat, and he's a former member of the U.S.'s nuclear negotiating
team until 2015. And when it comes to sanctions, we've done the low-hanging fruit, the mid-hanging fruit,
the high-hanging fruit, the tree, you know, so there are no new sanctions that are effective.
So he's skeptical this economic sanctions playbook will work in changing the Iranian regime.
NPR's Emily Fang reporting.
Tehran says any country that supports U.S.
Sanctions would be a, quote, act of war,
and it's threatening to see ships that violate transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz.
Economists say President Trump's additional 50 percent tariffs on around $20 billion worth of Canadian goods,
which went into effect over the weekend, will mean higher prices for U.S.
Consumers.
At the same time, polls show more voters say the cost of living