AP Sports Writer Andrew Dampf in Rome contributed.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said last week that he assumes consumers would prefer to pay more for American-made products. Dolls made in China might have lead paint in them, he said.Teresa Murray, consumer watchdog director at the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, said the picture is more complicated.

Products for children ages 12 and under require third-party testing and certification from labs approved by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the agency tasked with enforcing lead levels in toys, Murray said.The rules apply to all products sold in the U.S. Toys by major brands such as Fisher-Price, Mattel, Hasbro and Lego, which have long outsourced manufacturing to China, are usually in compliance, she said., including e-commerce platforms that ship directly to U.S. consumers from overseas, has posed a challenge, according to Murray. When valued at less than $800, such parcels entered the U.S. duty-free and were not subject to the same scrutiny as bulk imports, she said.

starting May 2 for low-value parcels that originated in mainland China and Hong Kong. U.S Customs and Border Protection expects additional oversight will make it easier to flag problems.Toy companies and industry experts argue the high tariffs on Chinese imports will tempt price-sensitive shoppers to search for cheap counterfeit toys that carry higher safety risks.

Plenty of people agree American consumer culture has gotten out of hand, in large part due to prices kept low through the labor of foreign factory workers who earn much less than they would in the U.S.

Katie Walley-Wiegert, 38, a senior marketer in Richmond, Virginia, and the parent of a 2-year-old son, agrees there’s too much materialism but thinks parents should have choices when deciding what is best for their children. She found the wealthy Trump’s comments off-putting.La ofensiva ha destruido vastas áreas de Gaza y desplazado a un 90% de su población de aproximadamente 2 millones de palestinos; cientos de miles viven en tiendas de campaña en condiciones precarias y en escuelas sin usar.

Hamás está muy debilitado militarmente y ha perdido casi todos sus líderes en Gaza. Es probable que tema que liberar a todos los rehenes sin asegurar un alto el fuego permanente permita a Israel lanzar una campaña aún más devastadora para destruir finalmente al grupo.Israel teme que un alto el fuego duradero y una retirada ahora dejarían a Hamás con una influencia significativa en Gaza, incluso si renuncia al poder formal. Con el tiempo, Hamás podría reconstruir su poderío militar y eventualmente lanzar más ataques al estilo del 7 de octubre.

Netanyahu también enfrenta restricciones políticas: sus socios de coalición de extrema derecha han amenazado con derribar su gobierno si termina la guerra demasiado pronto. Eso lo dejaría más vulnerable a la persecución por cargos de corrupción de larga data y a investigaciones sobre los fracasos en torno al ataque del 7 de octubre.Una resolución más amplia del conflicto israelí-palestino, que lleva décadas, parece más distante que nunca.