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Listen to Trump's Terms from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump is

walking back 25 percent tariffs on some goods from Canada and Mexico for four weeks. He signed

executive orders at the White House this afternoon,

pausing the tariffs on goods that are covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.

Trump says this action, though, isn't related to recent market downturns,

which he blames on what he calls globalist companies,

calling the tariff market shocks a, quote, little short-term interruption.

I'm not even looking at the market because long-term the United States will be very strong with

what's happening here. Now, these are countries and companies, foreign companies, that have been

ripping us off and no president did anything about it until I came along.

Trump also says both countries could avert the 25% tariff beyond April 2nd

if they show they've made more progress curbing fentanyl trafficking.

This is the second one-month postponement that Trump has made since first unveiling the import taxes early last month.

The head of a federal office that protects whistleblower says he's ending a legal battle to keep his job.

And Pierce Carey Johnson reports the move comes a day after a federal appeals court

sided with the Trump administration to remove him.

Hampton Dellinger says he strongly disagrees with the decision that allows Trump to

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