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TSA Set a Record Number of Passengers Screened

February 6, 2018

"The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) set another screening record during the 2017 holiday travel period, December 15 through January 2, 2018, with more than 42 million (42,043,588) passengers and more than 30.6 million (30,611,408) checked bags screened nationwide," stated an article by the TSA. December 22, the Friday before Christmas, had more than 2.5 million passengers and crew members screened. "It was the 11th busiest day in TSA’s history," TSA stated.

"On an average travel day, TSA screens approximately 2.1 million passengers and crew," stated the article by the TSA, "In the busiest days during the holiday travel period, TSA screened as many as 400,000 more passengers per day than usual."

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CANADA RESCINDS DST

Dear Valued Client,

On Sunday, Canada rescinded the Digital Services Tax in an effort to continue trade discussions with the United States.

Reports are that the US President and the Prime Minister of Canada have agreed to continue talks.

Additional updates will follow once they are available.

RECIP PAUSE TO END

Dear Valued Client,

Almost 90 days after the President authorized the 90 days PAUSE on higher country rate reciprocal tariffs, some countries have made progress and some have made deals.

As July 8 approaches, there is talk from the President indicating that some of the reciprocal tariffs will go back into effect for countries that have not worked on a deal.

Additional updates will follow once they are available.

CANADA TALKS END

The President has announced on Truth Social that all discussions on trade with Canada have been terminated effective immediately.  The President stated that the termination is because of years of tariffs on dairy products at 400%, and a recently announced Digital Services Tax on American tech companies.

The President also stated that the tariff rate for Canada will be announced in the next seven days.

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