House Republicans are increasingly unhappy with Trump’s trade agenda and are preparing to press the White House directly, Axios reports. With midterms approaching, members singled out expanded duty-free beef imports and a potential trade confrontation with Canada as threats to domestic industry and district jobs. Trump hosted several Republican lawmakers at the White House Wednesday; Iowa Rep. Zach Nunn said beef will be on the agenda, and Michigan Rep. Bill Huizenga said he plans to raise the C

Rising import, transport and warehousing costs are prompting US retailers to cut product assortments to lower costs and simplify supply chains, accelerating a trend that followed earlier SKU expansion to meet consumer demand. Over the past 18 months new tariffs, surging fuel costs and demand uncertainty have intensified margin pressure. A recent UK professional-services survey of US companies found roughly one-quarter plan to reduce the range of products sold in the next six months. Helen of Troy told shareholders it has implemented measures including assortment rationalization. Under Armour has cut more than 25% of its SKUs over the past two years and reallocated resources toward best sellers.

On Sept. 3, Poland Deputy Defense Minister Pawel Zalewski said Warsaw wants to expand its role in NATO’s nuclear deterrent and is discussing participation in nuclear-sharing tasks tied to weapons delivery systems. He said Poland is seeking delivery-related duties under NATO’s nuclear-sharing framework — the first time Warsaw has pushed allies to consider it for such roles. He added there is currently no discussion of deploying nuclear warheads on Polish territory outside existing NATO deployment sites.