Exclusive: White House considers lifting European travel restrictions - sources

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The White House is considering lifting travel bans for non-U.S. citizens who recently were in Brazil, Britain, Ireland and 26 other European countries, U.S. and airline officials told Reuters

The Trump administration imposed the bans in a bid to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic. It is not considering lifting separate entry bans on most non-U.S. citizens who have recently been in China or Iran, the officials said.

Many administration officials argue the restrictions no longer make sense given that most countries around the world are not subject to the entry ban. They contend lifting the restrictions would be a boost to struggling U.S. airlines, which have seen international travel fall by 70%, according to airline industry data.

FILE PHOTO: Travellers wearing protective face masks make a selfie inside at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy, after the U.S. banned travel from Europe, as France grapples with the novel coronavirus, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier The United States has also approved exceptions for some European business travelers, investors, academics, students and journalists.

Airlines for America, a group representing American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines Holdings and others, on Tuesday noted it has “been advocating for the federal government to set a national standard on testing in order to lift travel restrictions.”

 

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BRAZIL?!

And what does Transition46 think about this?

Woo hoo! More COVID! THAT'S how you lead, America! 🤣😜

Reuter’s care to do an investigative report on this. Interested to review Reuter’s financials to ascertain the growth in income for the past 6 Months.

only forbidding imput is not enough.

Hellbent on killing us all

Can someone take their keys and cell phones away and put them on timeout for the next 56 days until the adults are back in the WhiteHouse?

Makes sense, nobody would ever want to travel to the US thanks to the WhiteHouse

Yes please. About time!! Everyone is using masks now

Right... Who wants to come here where the most cases are.... 🤣🤣🤣🤣

nothing like Trump wanting to kill everyone out of spite.

Trump must fkn hate all Americans

Oh goodie

Why is everything he does a coronavirus superspreader?

And really why would anyone want to travel here?

They are trying to kill us.

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What the hell.

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