Work, Work, Work: Arms Sales, Mexican Tariffs, and a Mass Wedding

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🗓️ 5 June 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The Trump administration wants to sell $8 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia and some other Middle East countries. But many US lawmakers are saying: ‘bad idea.’ We’ll explain why they don’t want this sale to go through, and how they plan to stop it. Meanwhile, Mexico’s foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard is in DC trying to talk the Trump administration down from raising tariffs. We’ll tell you where that debate stands now - it’s taxing. Also on today’s episode: a mass wedding in Israel with a lot of pride, and 600 million reasons to work, work, work, work, work, work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Wednesday, June 5th.
0:03.2	Welcome to Schimbis.
0:04.5	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on
0:08.3	why they matter.
0:09.7	Today, we're diving into U.S. weapons sales to Saudi Arabia.
0:13.3	We'll connect the dots on why a bipartisan group of lawmakers is trying to stop that from
0:17.1	happening and what it means for the war in Yemen.
0:20.4	Then, officials from the U.S. and Mexico are meaning at the White House to talk tariffs.
0:24.8	We'll give you the details.
0:26.6	And finally, couples in Israel are breaking glass to make change.
0:30.6	We're here to make your Wednesday smarter.
0:32.6	Let's skim this.
0:38.6	Today's episode is brought to you by Delta.
0:40.8	Keep climbing.
0:42.0	And keep listening because a lot's happening.
0:47.0	The most complicated story today is about weapons.
0:50.1	Specifically, the weapons the Trump administration wants to sell to Saudi Arabia and also to the
0:55.6	United Arab Emirates and Jordan.
0:58.1	Historically, this wouldn't be a shocking development.
1:00.8	The U.S. has sold munitions, items used in war, to countries all over the world for years,
1:06.2	and Saudi Arabia has been buying them for years.
1:09.0	The kingdom has been a strategic U.S. ally in the Middle East.
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