US lawmakers voted Wednesday to confirm lawyer Jamieson Greer as Donald Trump’s trade envoy, rounding out the president’s top economic team with a key figure in tariff policy as the president threatens levies on friend and foe alike.
Trump has unveiled a volley of tariff threats in recent weeks, including to remedy trade imbalances, boost US industry and pressure countries into stronger action on concerns like illegal immigration and fentanyl smuggling. Greer, as US Trade Representative, would be key to implementing Trump’s trade strategy.

THE Myanmar Red Cross Society has opened a mobile clinic and is providing free primary healthcare to displaced households in Sittway, Rakhine State, according to the MRCS headquarters.
The mobile clinic for displaced households, jointly opened by the Myanmar Red Cross Society and the Norwegian Red Cross and operated in collaboration with local Red Cross volunteers, staff, and the community, has provided free primary healthcare to 1,503 displaced patients from 1 January to 22 February 2025.

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