THE PULSE OF THE PLANET
The U.S. and Switzerland have reached a trade deal that will reduce President Trump’s tariffs on the European nation from 39% to 15%, a top administration official said. Source link
The Trump administration on Thursday reached framework trade deals with four Latin American countries — Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador and Guatemala — to lower the prices of household goods such as coffee, cocoa and bananas. Source link
President Trump finalized a thorny trade deal with South Korea and secured deals with Southeast Asian nations to keep minerals flowing to the U.S., while averting a full-blown trade crisis with China during a five-day trip across the Far East. Source link
The Senate voted Thursday in a largely symbolic move to terminate the emergency powers that President Trump used to impose tariffs on dozens of trading partners across the globe. Source link
