What It Would Take to Fix U.S. Air-Traffic Control

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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P.M. Edition for May 6. A series of tech problems has exposed cracks in U.S. air-traffic control systems. WSJ aviation safety reporter Andrew Tangel discusses what it would take to fix them. Plus, President Trump says he’s reached a truce with the Houthi militant group in Yemen. And America’s trade deficit hit a record in March, as businesses stocked up ahead of the sweeping tariffs Trump imposed the following month. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.9	The U.S. trade deficit hit a record high in March. Plus, recent aviation mishaps show that U.S. air traffic control is in need of an overhaul.
0:43.2	The state of the system is really a function of years and years of neglects.
0:47.9	It is a question about whether or not this administration that is focused on slimming down in many ways
0:53.1	can beef up a very anemic and
0:56.2	neglected system that everyone seems to think is long overdue for an overall.
1:01.6	And President Trump says he's reached a truce with Houthi militants in Yemen.
1:05.9	It's Tuesday, May 6th.
1:07.6	I'm Alex Sosola for the Wall Street Journal.
1:09.9	This is the PM edition of What's News,
1:12.1	the top headlines and business stories that move the world today. The U.S. trade deficit
1:20.0	ballooned 14 percent to a record $140.5 billion in March, as businesses stockpiled goods
1:27.0	before President Trump's Liberation
1:28.6	Day tariffs took effect. According to data from the Census Bureau, nearly all of the surge in imported
1:34.0	consumer goods for the month were pharmaceutical products, which the Trump administration is
1:38.2	currently considering hitting with tariffs. Imports of computer accessories, automobiles,
1:43.2	and car parts and engines also increased.
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