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| 0:00.0 | President Trump is back in Washington, pursuing major policy changes on his own terms. |
| 0:06.4 | We know from the past that means challenging precedent, busting norms, and pushing against the status quo. |
| 0:12.1 | NPR is covering it all with Trump's terms, a podcast where we curate stories about the 47th president with the focus on how he is upending the way Washington works. Listen to Trump's |
| 0:22.1 | terms from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. Secretary of State Marco |
| 0:29.5 | Rubio is traveling to Panama today. It's his first overseas trip as the nation's top diplomat, |
| 0:36.1 | and he's staying in his hemisphere. NPR's Michelle |
| 0:38.8 | Kellerman reports. Secretary Rubio is making this region a priority, according to U.S. Special Envoy for |
| 0:45.4 | the Western Hemisphere, Maricio Claver Caron. From migration to security to commerce, there's no |
| 0:50.7 | other region in the world that affects individual American lives more on a daily basis than the Western Hemisphere. |
| 0:57.6 | His first stop is Panama, where the president says he's ready to talk to Rubio about trade and migration, just not control over the Panama Canal. |
| 1:06.0 | That's something President Trump has set his sights on. |
| 1:09.4 | Rubio has raised concerns about Chinese companies there, |
| 1:12.7 | and he's planning to visit the canal on Sunday. He'll also travel to El Salvador, Costa Rica, |
| 1:18.2 | Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic. Michelle Kellerman and BR News, the State Department. |
| 1:23.8 | Canadians are bracing for 25 percent tariffs on most products that President Trump has said in imposed. |
| 1:30.5 | Dan Carpenshuk reports. |
| 1:32.0 | There would be significant implications for major industries such as the automotive sector in Canada. |
| 1:37.2 | With many Canadian products becoming more expensive, American consumers will likely avoid buying them. |
| 1:42.9 | Canada has promised to retaliate, imposing taxes |
| 1:45.6 | on American products such as orange juice and wine and spirits. Canadian officials say in retaliation |
| 1:51.6 | all options are on the table, including energy. The U.S. imports well over $100 billion a year |
| 1:57.9 | from Canada in this sector. It all comes as the Canadian dollar has already |
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