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Do you remember when discovering a new artist felt like finding buried treasure? At All Songs Considered, NPR's music recommendation podcast, we put that kind of magic back into discovering new tracks. We're here to make the hunt for new music easy, delivering you the cream of the crop from every genre. We'll help you make music feel fun again, only on All Songs Considered from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump's trade war is starting to take a toll on U.S. importers.

NPR's Scott Horsley reports the nation's trading partners are pushing back with import taxes of their own. Double-digit tariffs on goods from dozens of countries kicked in overnight. U.S. importers are now paying 20% more on most things they buy from Europe, 24% more on imports from Japan, and the tax on goods from China now totals more than 100%. China punched back, announcing an extra 50% tariff of its own on U.S. exports. That takes effect tomorrow. The escalating trade war has sparked fears of a worldwide economic slowdown, pushing the price of crude oil to a four-year low. Investors are also dumping U.S. Treasuries.

That's caused a sharp jump in U.S. borrowing costs, which will likely make mortgage rates here even less affordable. Scott Horsley in PR News, Washington. President Trump predicts his tariffs will be quote legendary. At a black tie GOP dinner last night, Trump said world leaders are essentially acquiescing to his demands for better trade deals for the United States. They are dying to make a deal. Please, please make a deal.

I'll do anything. I'll do anything, sir. And then I'll see some rebel Republican, you know, some guy that wants to grandstand Say I think that Congress should take over negotiations. Let me tell you you don't negotiate like I negotiate Trump at a National Republican Congressional Committee event last night the family of a 14 year old Palestinian American child who was killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank last weekend is American child who was killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank last weekend is calling on the US government to

Investigate what happened the Israeli military says it killed a person hurling rocks at a highway and what it called a counterterrorism operation he was The fifth US citizen killed in the West Bank since October 2023 according to the State Department NPR's hadil alShalchi has the latest. 14-year-old Amir Rabia was born and raised in New Jersey before his family moved back to their ancestral Palestinian village, Tormous Aya, which has a large population of American citizens. Rabia's father, Mohammed, said his son

was picking green olives from a tree with two friends when Israeli forces opened fire on them. He said he called the U.S. embassy when he learned about the shooting, but it took too long to send medical help. Now he's demanding answers from Israel. He's 14 years old. They call him a terrorist. Even if he did something wrong, he's underage.

You kill him with 11 shots. The U.S. State Department confirmed the death of a U. a US citizen in the West Bank and said Israel was investigating it. Hadeel Alshouchi, NPR News, Tel Aviv. At last, check on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 70 points at 37,574. From Washington, this is NPR News. In our continuing coverage of President Trump's tariffs and the fallout, the European Union says it will impose retaliatory tariffs on 22 billion euros worth of US products such as

soybeans, motorcycles, and orange juice. After 26 of the 27 member states approved the plan. The move comes in response to U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs. In a statement, the European Commission said, quote, the EU considers U.S. tariffs unjustified and damaging, causing economic harm to both sides as well as the global economy. The Library of Congress is detailing this year's additions to the National Recording Registry. NPR's Neda Ulibi reports it preserves distinctive American sounds for… hostarity. The oldest recording added this year was made in 1913. The song, Aloha Oe, was recorded

by the Hawaiian quintet and composed by then-princess Liliu Kulani. Another recording added to the registry this year? The Reboot Chime from Microsoft Windows 95, composed by Brian Eno. Since 2002, the National Recording Registry has added 25 recordings annually that express American history and culture through sound. Others this year range from a 1960 World Series broadcast to music by Roy Rogers, Miles Davis, and Celine Dion. Nettou Ulubi, NPR News. The Dow is down 87 points, the Nasdaq is up 89, it's NPR. Listen to this podcast sponsor free on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or any podcast As that goes up 89, it's NPR.