Trump signs memo to fight counterfeit products online

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Wednesday to curtail the sale of counterfeit and pirated products online – a move to make third-party vendors more accountable for those purchases, officials said.

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro told reporters in a conference call the administration plans to collect more information about how widespread counterfeiting is online, who's behind it and refer them to the Homeland Security, Justice and Commerce departments. From there, he said, officials will make recommendations on potential regulatory or legislative changes.

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Jobless Claims Plunge to Lowest Since 1969

Far fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week than economists expected.

The number of new jobless claims dropped to 202,000 for the week ended March 30, the lowest level since December 1969, according to data released by the Department of Labor.

The figure for the prior week was revised up to 212,000, 1,000 more than initially reported.

Economists had expected claims to rise as other indicators point to a slowing economy.

Jobless claims are a proxy for layoffs. Many critics of the Trump administration’s trade policies said layoffs would rise due to the steel and aluminum tariffs and retaliation. There’s no sign that this happened.

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