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BADEN-BADEN, Germany (AP) — The world's top economic powers have dropped a pledge to fully oppose trade protectionism, amid pushback from the U.S. government. Finance ministers at a Group of 20 meeting in Germany have issued a statement saying only that that countries "are working to strengthen the contribution of trade" to their economies. By comparison, last year's meeting called on them to resist "all forms" of protectionism.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after hosting a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Donald Trump is tweeting that Germany owes "vast sums of money" to NATO. He's reiterating his stance that European allies need to meet their end of the bargain if they are to continue benefiting from the military alliance, saying the U.S. "must be paid more" for providing defense.
PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande says today's events at Orly Airport show that France's policy of having military patrols guarding public sites "is essential," and that the nation "must remain extremely vigilant." Officials say soldiers at the Paris airport shot and killed a man who wrestled one of their colleagues to the ground and tried to steal her rifle. Investigators are looking into whether it was a terrorist attack.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration wants to build a 30-foot-high border wall that looks good from the north side and is difficult to climb or cut through. The specifications were found in a pair of contract notices made public late yesterday by Customs and Border Protection. Proposals for the wall are due to be submitted by March 29. Plans call for 30- foot-long prototypes to go up in San Diego.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Thousands of college basketball fans flying into Buffalo for early-round NCAA tournament games landed squarely in the middle of New York's big debate over whether to permit Uber in upstate New York. Uber and Lyft are both banned outside of New York City, leaving upstate New York as the largest area in the continental U.S. where the app-based ride-hailing companies are banned. A vote by state lawmakers to allow Uber and Lyft to expand into cities like Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse could be weeks away. Previous attempts to authorize the upstate expansion have failed.
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