CNBC Daily Open: Investors are signaling it's time for tariffs to move aside

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8 hours ago

Stock markets in the U.S. and Europe didn't seem that delighted with the U.S.-European Union trade deal reached over the weekend.
The S&P 500 ticked up, but by the barest margin, while the Stoxx Europe 600 fell. Both indexes were trading higher during their respective sessions but had given up those gains as the day ended.
For those on the continent, perhaps there was a dawning realization that the agreement wasn't too much in their favor. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he would have welcomed further easing of trade, while France's minister for Europe, Benjamin Haddad, said the deal was "unbalanced," according to a Google translation.
With U.S. President Donald Trump announcing Monday that he would probably impose a blanket tariff of between 15% and 20% on countries without trade agreements, it's starting to seem like most duties will settle around that level eventually, easing some uncertainty.
What's more, economists appear to be revising downward their expectations of the impact tariffs will have on the U.S. economy — so any deals in the future might not trigger rallies, or strong ones at least, on Wall Street.
Tariff considerations, then, are on the backburner for now. Investors can turn their attention to Magnificent Seven earnings and data on the U.S. economy coming out the next few days. If all goes well, they might give markets the cheer that was missing on Monday.
Global baseline tariff of between 15% and20%. For countries that have not negotiated separate trade agreements with the U.S., Trump said he would likely impose that blanket tariff rate on their exports. But Wall Street doesn't seem as frightened of tariffs anymore.
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A muted response to the EU deal. On Monday, the S&P 500 closed mostly flat, giving up earlier gains. Asia-Pacific markets fell Tuesday. Shares of Singapore Airlines lost as much as 8% after the carrier reported a 59% slump in profit for its fiscal first quarter.
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