White House's Miran Says More Trade Deals Are Coming
A set of new international trade deals could be in place over the next several weeks even as the White House continues to adjust tariff levels, Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Stephen Miran said Wednesday. In an interview at The Wall Street Journal's Future of Everything conference, Miran said the spring's market volatility hasn't been surprising amid historic adjustments to trade policy. "It's absolutely going to settle down," Miran said of the administration's rapid trade-policy shifts.
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