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News Wrap: White House suggests some Trump tariff exemptions

U.S. Forest Service chief announced he's retiring amid allegations of sexual misconduct.

Aired 03/07/2018

PBS News Hour

News Wrap: White House suggests some Trump tariff exemptions

Clip: 3/7/2018 | 7m 42sVideo has Closed Captions

U.S. Forest Service chief announced he's retiring amid allegations of sexual misconduct.

In our news wrap Wednesday, the White House has signaled that President Trump might scale back his plans to punish U.S. trading partners, including exemptions for particular countries. Also, the chief of the U.S. Forest Service announced he's retiring amid allegations of sexual misconduct, following a NewsHour investigation.

Aired 03/07/2018

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