The Trump administration told US government scientists working on a vital global climate report to stop their work – the president’s latest move to withdraw the US from global climate action and research.

The Trump administration has halted the participation of U.S. scientists in key U.N. climate change assessments, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters, part of its broader withdrawal from climate change mitigation efforts and multilateral cooperation.

Delegates to a key UN-backed climate meeting this week will be forced to consider what their future work might look like without US government participation.

US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on aluminum and steel are motivated mostly by concerns that China is flooding the global market and harming US manufacturing, said a former trade adviser to the White House.

In a move termed as trade tsunami, set to upend international trade dynamics, President Donald Trump has declared an aggressive plan to impose reciprocal tariffs on India and other nations he accuses of exploiting the United States with exorbitant duties.