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President Donald Trump-a'n tun thla tir lama sweeping new tariffs a puan hnuah White House chuan product 1,000 chuang list a tichhuak a, hei hi duties aṭanga chhuah loh tur a ni.
He list-a thil tel pakhat chu polyethylene terephthalate a ni a, hei hi PET resin tia hriat lar a ni a, hei hi plastic bottle siamna atana hman thin thermoplastic a ni.
Company hrekna aṭanga chhanchhuah a nih chhan erawh a chiang lo a, industry official-te pawhin hrekna siam chhan hi an hre lo.
Mahse a thlan hi US-a private company lian ber pawl, Coca-Cola bottler Reyes Holdings tan chuan hnehna a ni a, unau pahnih Republican thil tum atana dollar maktaduai tam tak pe tawhte ta a ni. Tun hnaiah company hian an tariff humhim turin Trump administration nena inzawm tlat lobbying firm an lalut niin record-ah a lang.
Company lobbying hian waiver dilnaah hian chanvo a nei em tih erawh a chiang lo. Reyes Holdings leh a lobbyist-te chuan ProPublica zawhna chu an chhang nghal lo. White House pawhin engmah a sawi duh lo a, mahse industry advocate ṭhenkhat chuan administration chuan waiver dilna hi a hnawl niin an sawi.
List-a resins-te sawifiah theih loha dah a nih hian US sorkarin tariff-setting process a opaque em em tih a tilang chiang hle. Key stakeholder-te chu engvangin nge product ṭhenkhatah tariff tih a nih a, ṭhenkhat chu tariff pek loh a nih tih chungchangah thim zingah an la awm reng a ni. Tariff rate tihdanglam chungchangah hian sawifiahna chiang tak a awm lo. Administration official-te chuan tariff chungchangah thu inthlau tak tak an pe a, zawhna engmah an chhang duh lo mai mai a ni.
Hemi kawngah hian langtlang taka thil tih a nih loh avangin sumdawnna lama mithiamte chuan politics lama inzawmna nei company-te chuan kawngkhar khar hnuaiah chhiah lak lohna an hmu thei ang tih ngaihtuahna a siam a ni.
“Eirukna a ni thei a, mahse thiam lohna a ni thei bawk,” tiin tariff policy lama thawk lobbyist pakhat chuan tariff-a PET resin telh a nih chungchang a sawi. “Thudik tak sawi ila, a hmanhmawh em em a, White House-ah hian mi zawng zawng nen he list chungchang hi sawipui turin tute nge kal tih pawh ka hre lo.”
Trump administration hmasa ber khan tariff exemption dilna tur kalphung mumal tak a awm a. Company-te chuan an thil siamte chu tariff aṭanga chhuah loh tur thu sawiin, dilna sang tam tak an thehlut a ni. Tariff-setting process mechanics ngun zawka zirchian a nih theih nan dilnate hi mipui hriatah puan a ni. Hetianga langtlang taka thil tih hian a hnuah zirna lama mithiamte chu dilna sang tam tak chu an zirchiang thei a, Republican political donor-te chu exemption an dawng tam zawk tih an hre thei ta a ni.
Trump term hnihnaah chuan tunah pawh hian tariff relief dilna tur formal process a awm lo. Industry executive leh lobbyist te hian kawngkhar khar hnuaiah hna an thawk thin. Wall Street Journal editorial board chuan kar hmasa khan “opacity of the process” chu “Washington swamp atanga mumang” nen tehkhin theih a nih thu a sawi.
Trump-a tariff thar hi formal-a puan chhuahna executive order hian ram zawng zawng deuhthaw chu 10% base tariff a siam dawn a, exemption hi a zau zawngin pharmaceutical, semiconductor, forestry, copper, critical minerals, leh energy sector-a product anga sawi a ni. A hnuaia list-ah hian thil chi hrang hrang, exempt tur awmte chu chipchiar takin a tarlang a ni.
Mahse, ProPublica-in list a enfiahnaah chuan thil tam tak chu heng category zau takah hian a in fit lo emaw, a in fit lo emaw tih hmuhchhuah a ni a, heng category-a in fit tak tak thenkhat erawh chu chhanchhuah a ni lo thung.
Entirnan, White House exemption list-ah hian asbestos chi hrang hrang tam zawk a awm a, hei hi a tlangpuiin mineral pawimawh takah ngaih a ni lo va, exemption category-ah pawh a tel lo niin a lang. He carcinogenic mineral hi a tlangpuiin ram venhimna emaw, US economy emaw atana pawimawh lo nia ngaih a ni a, mahse chlorine siam nan hman a la ni reng a, mahse Biden administration-a Environmental Protection Agency chuan nikum khan he thil hi lakluh a khap a ni. Trump administration chuan Biden hunlaia khapna siam ṭhenkhat chu a roll back mai thei tih a sawi.
Industry group American Chemistry Council thupuangtu chuan a hmain khapna hi chlorine industry a tihnat theih avangin an dodal a, he pawl hian asbestos chu tariff aṭanga chhuahtir a nih theih nan an lobby lo tih sawiin, engvangin nge a telh tih pawh an hre lo niin a sawi. (Chlorine company lian pahnih te pawhin an disclosure form-ah tariff hi an lobby tih an tarlang lo.)
List-a thil dang, exempt ni lo mahse hlauhawm lo zawkte chu coral, shell, leh cuttlefish ruh (cuttlefish thenkhat, ran vulhte tana ei tur atana hman theih) te an ni.
PET resin pawh hi exemption category zingah a tel lo. Mithiamte chuan sorkar chuan energy product-ah a ngai mai thei a, a chhan chu a thil siamte hi petroleum aṭanga lak chhuah a nih vang a ni. Mahse product dang, standard hniam ang chiah chiah chu a tel lo.
”Midang zawng zawng ang bawkin mak kan ti hle a ni,” tiin PET industry tana trade group PET Resin Association executive director Ralph Wasami chuan a sawi. Chutiang thil siamna atana packaging a tel loh chuan resin hi exemption category-ah a tel lo tih a sawi bawk.
Record-ah chuan nikum quarter linaah khan Trump-a'n inthlanpui a hneh lai vel khan Coca-Cola bottler Reyes Holdings chuan Ballard Partners chu tariff lakna tur lobby turin a lalut a ni. Kumin quarter hmasa ber, Trump-a lakluh hun lai vel khan record-ah Ballard hian trade policy siamtu Commerce Department chu tariff siam turin a lobby ṭan niin a lang.
Firm hi Trump administration nena thawh dun tum company-te tan chuan go-to place a ni ta a ni. Trump-a company ngei, Trump Organization tan a lobby tawh a, a staff-ah hian administration official sang tak tak, Attorney General Pam Bondi leh Chief of Staff Susie Wiles te pawh an tel. Firm dintu Brian Ballard hi Trump fundraiser hlawhtling tak a ni a, Politico chuan “Trump-a Washington-a lobbyist nghawng nei ber” tiin a sawi. Federal disclosure record-ah chuan Reyes Holdings-a tariff siam tura lobby-tu firm-a lobbyist pahnih zinga mi a ni.
Reyes Holdings hnuaia unau billionaire Chris leh Jude Reyes te pawh hian politics nen hian inzawmna nghet tak an nei a ni. Campaign finance disclosure document-ah chuan Democratic candidate ṭhenkhat hnenah thilpek an pek laiin, an political contribution tam zawk chu Republican-te hnenah a kal tih a tarlang. Trump-a primary-a hnehna a chan hnuah Chris Reyes chu Mar-a-Lago-ah Trump-a mimal taka hmu turin an sawm a ni.
PET resin exemption hi Reyes Holdings tan chauh ni lovin, bottle siamna atana resin lei thin company dangte tan pawh malsawmna a ni a, chubakah a hmangtu beverage company tan pawh malsawmna a ni. Kumin kum tir lam khan Coca-Cola CEO chuan aluminium-a chhiah thar lak a nih avangin plastic bottle tam zawk an hmang dawn tih a sawi. Chu ruahmanna chu tariff thar hian thermoplastics pawh a tihbuai chuan a hlawhchham thei a ni. Disclosure record-ah chuan kumin chhung khan company hian Congress-ah tariff lak loh a lobby tawh bawk a, mahse document-ah hian eng policy nge tih chipchiar takin a tarlang lo a, ProPublica zawhna pawh company hian a chhang lo. (Coca-Cola hian Trump hi biak tumin hma an la a, a lakluhna atan hian $250,000 vel an thawh a, an CEO chuan Trump hi a soda duh ber Diet Coke personalized bottle a pe bawk.)
Tun hnaia tariff aṭanga chhanchhuahna kawngah sector dang pakhat chu agriculture a ni a, hei hian pesticide leh fertilizer ingredient hrang hrang a huam a ni.
Tun hnai khan American Farm Bureau Federation, agricultural lobbying group chuan an website-ah analysis an post a, partial exemption hi fak a, turf leh potash exemption hi “American Farm Bureau Federation ang agricultural organization-te hmalakna harsa tak” leh “loneitu leh ran vulhtute aw inzawmkhawm hlawhtlinna tilangtu” a ti.
Duty-exempt category-a tel lo, mahse zau taka sawifiah a nih chuan duty-exempt category-a tla thei thil dang tam tak lakluh a awm bawk.
Entirna pakhat chu artificial sweetener sucralose hi a ni. A telh hian ei leh in lama he thil hmangtu company-te tan hlawkna nasa tak a thlen dawn a ni. Mahse sucralose hi damdawiah pawh a tui zawk nan an hmang fo bawk. White House-in ruihhlo paih a nih vang nge, thil dang vangin a telh a remti tih erawh hriat a la ni lo.
Exemption dawngtu category zau tak takte chu a bul berah chuan US sorkarin ram venhimna humhim tura chhiah lak theihna thuneihna hnuaia nakin lawka chhiah lak theih dan tur a chhui mek industry te an ni.
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College aṭanga kum khat chauh a chhuah hnua national security lama tawnhriat nei lo Thomas Fugate hi Department of Homeland Security official a ni a, sorkarin tharum thawhna nasa tak dona kawnga a hmunpui ber a enkawl a ni.
President-in diversity hmalakna a beihna hian sorkar hnathawk zirna sang tak nei te career a tichhe hle a ni — hna an hloh ṭhenkhat chu DEI hmalakna engmah nen direct-a inzawm lo mah se.
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White House-in firfiakte dona hna thawh aṭanga mipui tam tak hnawhchhuahnaah personnel leh funding a sawn avangin, state-te chuan Washington-in vawi khata a lo thlawp tawh, firfiakte dona kawnga hmalakna chu vawng reng turin an bei nasa hle. Chumi rah chhuah chu piecemeal approach a ni a, hmun tam tak chu venhim lohvin a awm ta a ni.
College aṭanga kum khat chauh a chhuah hnua national security lama tawnhriat nei lo Thomas Fugate hi Department of Homeland Security official a ni a, sorkarin tharum thawhna nasa tak dona kawnga a hmunpui ber a enkawl a ni.
CNN-in recording a hmuh dan chuan Department of Government Effectiveness-a hnathawk pakhat, medical experience nei lo chuan AI hmangin eng VA contract nge tihtawp tur tih a rel a ni. “AI hi hmanraw dik lo tak a ni vek a ni,” tiin mithiam pakhat chuan a sawi.
Thil tenawm tak tak, chhui chianna leh naupang hremna atana inhlat taka awm hi hman a nih hnuah pawh Richard L. Bean hi a hming pu juvenile detention center director a la ni reng a ni.
Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio, leh Mariam Elba, ProPublica te chuan June 7, 2025, zing dar 5:00 ET-ah an ziak a ni