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Trump tariffs live updates: Trump says he is terminating trade talks with Canada; US, China clinch truce
President Trump on Friday said he was cutting off trade talks with Canada and threatened to set a new tariff rate on the country's goods within the next week. Trump said the move was in response to Canada's move to implement a digital services tax on technology companies, calling it a "direct and blatant attack on our country." "We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period," Trump wrote on Truth Social. The abrupt blow-up in US-Canada relations followed a flurry of optimism on the trade front that helped send stocks to new records on Friday. Most notably, the US and China stepped closer to a full tariff and trade deal, making a pact to formally cement the informal trade understanding reached in Geneva talks in May. US tariffs on Chinese imports will start at 30%, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday. China tariffs on US imports will be 10%. The pact marks a significant step in stabilizing trade relations between the two countries, which lapsed into feuding soon after an initial truce in May. China has confirmed it will deliver rare earths to the US as part of the trade framework, and the US will respond by taking down its countermeasures, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Bloomberg. Lutnick also claimed that trade agreements with 10 key US trading partners are imminent, as countries from Canada to Japan struggle to get over the finish line with just two weeks to go. Bessent on Friday said the US could complete the balance of its most important trade talks by Labor Day. "I think we could have trade wrapped up by Labor Day," Bessent said in a Fox Business interview. The Trump administration has signaled a willingness to roll back the self-imposed tariff deadline of July 9 as pressure builds. Stephen Miran, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, told Yahoo Finance the tariff pause to be extended for countries negotiating "in good faith." So far, Trump has firmed up a trade deal with the United Kingdom. Trade talks with the European Union have also come into focus in recent days, with US tariffs of up to 50% on EU imports looming by that same deadline. A report said officials are optimistic about reaching a deal. Read more: What Trump's tariffs mean for the economy and your wallet Here are the latest updates as the policy reverberates around the world. President Trump on Friday said he is cutting off all trade talks with Canada, threatening to set a new tariff rate on goods imported from the country within the next week. The reason, according to Trump: Canada's plan to implement a digital services tax, which could affect US tech companies. Trump's about-face throws a potential wrench in weeks of trade progress. Just hours earlier, the US and China cemented the trade truce first agreed to last month in Geneva. Here's Trump's Truth Social post on Canada, in full: On Friday afternoon, President Trump touted tariff revenue and an influx of domestic manufacturing but offered few details on the state of tariff negotiations ahead of the July 9 deadline, when the tariff pause expires. The president acknowledged that the administration won't be able to reach deals with 200-plus countries over the next week and a half. But he did not definitively say whether tariff rates would jump back up to "Liberation Day" levels. "We can do whatever we want," Trump told reporters in a press briefing, referring to the tariff pause. "We could extend it. We could make it shorter — I'd like to make it shorter. I'd like to just send letters out to everybody: 'Congratulations, you're paying 25%'" So far, the Trump administration has confirmed preliminary trade agreements with China (as of today) and the UK. Trump noted that officials are in the process of negotiating other deals, which he said are "going to go very quickly." In particular, Trump again teased a potential deal with India, which has faced roadblocks in recent weeks over some of the country's protectionist policies for certain sectors. "Some of the bigger countries, India, I think we're going to reach a deal where we have the right to go in and trade," Trump said. "Right now, it's restricted. ... We're looking to get a full trade barrier dropping, which is unthinkable, and I'm not sure that that's going to happen, but as of this moment, we've agreed to go into Indian trade." US and EU officials are confident of clinching a trade deal before a July 9 deadline, Bloomberg reported Friday. Amid continued progress on China, the US-EU talks have come in high focus ahead of that deadline, with US tariffs of up to 50% looming on EU imports. From the report: Read more here. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that the US could wrap up its most important trade deals by Labor Day. "Secretary Lutnick said yesterday that he expects 10 more deals," Bessent told Fox Business Network in an interview. "So if we can ink 10 or 12 of the important 18, there are another important 20 relationships, then I think we could have trade wrapped up by Labor Day." Bessent's comments come after the US and China signed an interim trade agreement on Friday that would reduce tariffs while the two sides work toward a formal deal. Trump administration officials have softened their stance toward the July 9 deadline they set for themselves to hammer out trade pacts. On Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the early July deadline "is not critical" while Trump's top economic adviser said he expected the US to extend the pause for countries negotiating "in good faith." The other shoe has dropped: Beijing has backed up the plans for trade easing laid out by the US, signaling warmer relations between the recently feuding sides. Bloomberg reports: Read more here. Nike (NKE) slipped this one into its earnings call last night: It could see a $1 billion tariff hit to profits this year! How does it plan to overcome that, you ask? By jacking up prices even more soon. How the consumer responds to the higher prices will determine if the tariff hit is a greater-than-expected weight on the business. Keep that risk in mind as the big premarket move excites you. We'll dive more into Nike's quarter on Opening Bid live at 9:30 a.m ET. President Trump has said the US could sign a 'very big' trade deal soon that would open up the Indian market to American businesses, even as both sides meet in D.C. to break a recent deadlock over key issues. Bloomberg reports: Read more here. President Trump said Thursday that the US and China have "signed" a trade deal, cementing months-long negotiations. The deal builds on meetings in Geneva between representatives of both nations and implements measures previously agreed upon. 'We just signed with China yesterday,' Trump said during remarks at the White House, without offering specifics. A White House official later clarified that both nations had agreed to a framework to implement the Geneva truce first negotiated in May. In that truce, the US and China agreed to a 90-day reduction in tariffs while working toward a formal deal. Talks had stalled over issues such as US export controls and China's rare earth exports. Earlier this month, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met in London with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. Following two days of negotiations, the parties said they had reached an agreement 'They're going to deliver rare earths to us,' Lutnick said in an interview with Bloomberg. "We'll take down our countermeasures", he added. The announcement comes a deadline looms for the US to reimpose tariffs of up to 50% on several trading partners by July 9 unless the countries reach permanent agreements. Lutnick has hinted that deals are incoming with the largest trade partners. "We're going to do top 10 deals, put them in the right category, and then these other countries will fit behind," he said. Bloomberg reports: Read more here. Yahoo Finance's Pras Subramanian reports: Read more here. After pausing his steepest tariffs in April, President Trump and his administration said the goal was "90 deals in 90 days." So far, the only agreement they have to show is with the United Kingdom. Bloomberg reports that a key sticking point in negotiations with trade partners has come from uncertainty as to whether other Trump tariffs — on metals, chips, and more — would still apply. From the report: In fact, the report said the UK deal provides a "cautionary tale": Read more here. Yahoo Finance's Ben Werschkul reports: Read more here. White House Council of Economic Advisers chairman Stephen Miran spoke with Yahoo Finance's Brian Sozzi earlier today about the state of tariff negotiations two weeks out for the Trump administration's self-imposed July 9 deadline. That deadline marks the end of a tariff pause on the higher levels of "Liberation Day" tariffs. But with only one interim deal inked with the UK and several ongoing negotiations in play, it raises the question: What happens next? "My expectation would be that for countries that are negotiating in good faith and making progress that rolling back the deadline makes sense," Miran said on Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid. "I mean, you don't blow up a deal that's that's in process and making really good faith, sincere, authentic progress by dropping a tariff bomb in it." Sozzi adds: Read more here. Associated British Foods may become the first casualty of Britain's tariff deal with the US and have said it may have to close the UK's largest bioethanol plant by September if the government does not provide funding. Reuters reports: Read more here. Trade talks between India and the US have hit a roadblock in recent weeks, particularly over the level of tariffs in the auto, steel, and agricultural sectors. That's left an interim trade deal in jeopardy ahead of President Trump's July 9 deadline. Here are some key issues at stake, according to a Reuters analysis: Read more here. Toy prices are going up faster than ever, mainly because of new tariffs in an industry where most toys, about 75%, are made in China. It's one of the first signs of how new trade rules are quickly making things more expensive for Americans. The Washington Post reports: Read more here. The European Union leaders are expected to inform the European Commission on Thursday whether they would rather strike a quick trade deal with the US, even if that means accepting less favorable terms, or risk prolonging the standoff in pursuit of a better outcome. Bloomberg News reports: Read more here. The European Union competition chief, Teresa Ribera, told Bloomberg News on Thursday that the EU's crackdown on Apple (AAPL), Meta (META), and Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) is not a bargaining chip in trade negotiations with President Trump. Bloomberg News reports: Read more here. One Chinese toymaker has taken drastic action to try and avoid President Trump's tariff blitz. When Trump hiked tariffs on China from 54% to 145% in early April, Ah Biao a toy factory in southern China that makes magnetic puzz and sensory toys for American children, rented a factory in Vietnam. They packed 90 sets of iron and steel molds into 60 boxes, which was then shipped to the Southeast Asian country to avoid high levies. Bloomberg News reports: Read more here. Japan's chief trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa has reinforced the message that it cannot accept US tariffs of 25% on cars, adding that the country's automakers produce far more cars in the US than they export to America. Bloomberg News reports: Read more here. President Trump on Friday said he is cutting off all trade talks with Canada, threatening to set a new tariff rate on goods imported from the country within the next week. The reason, according to Trump: Canada's plan to implement a digital services tax, which could affect US tech companies. Trump's about-face throws a potential wrench in weeks of trade progress. Just hours earlier, the US and China cemented the trade truce first agreed to last month in Geneva. Here's Trump's Truth Social post on Canada, in full: On Friday afternoon, President Trump touted tariff revenue and an influx of domestic manufacturing but offered few details on the state of tariff negotiations ahead of the July 9 deadline, when the tariff pause expires. The president acknowledged that the administration won't be able to reach deals with 200-plus countries over the next week and a half. But he did not definitively say whether tariff rates would jump back up to "Liberation Day" levels. "We can do whatever we want," Trump told reporters in a press briefing, referring to the tariff pause. "We could extend it. We could make it shorter — I'd like to make it shorter. I'd like to just send letters out to everybody: 'Congratulations, you're paying 25%'" So far, the Trump administration has confirmed preliminary trade agreements with China (as of today) and the UK. Trump noted that officials are in the process of negotiating other deals, which he said are "going to go very quickly." In particular, Trump again teased a potential deal with India, which has faced roadblocks in recent weeks over some of the country's protectionist policies for certain sectors. "Some of the bigger countries, India, I think we're going to reach a deal where we have the right to go in and trade," Trump said. "Right now, it's restricted. ... We're looking to get a full trade barrier dropping, which is unthinkable, and I'm not sure that that's going to happen, but as of this moment, we've agreed to go into Indian trade." US and EU officials are confident of clinching a trade deal before a July 9 deadline, Bloomberg reported Friday. Amid continued progress on China, the US-EU talks have come in high focus ahead of that deadline, with US tariffs of up to 50% looming on EU imports. From the report: Read more here. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that the US could wrap up its most important trade deals by Labor Day. "Secretary Lutnick said yesterday that he expects 10 more deals," Bessent told Fox Business Network in an interview. "So if we can ink 10 or 12 of the important 18, there are another important 20 relationships, then I think we could have trade wrapped up by Labor Day." Bessent's comments come after the US and China signed an interim trade agreement on Friday that would reduce tariffs while the two sides work toward a formal deal. Trump administration officials have softened their stance toward the July 9 deadline they set for themselves to hammer out trade pacts. On Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the early July deadline "is not critical" while Trump's top economic adviser said he expected the US to extend the pause for countries negotiating "in good faith." The other shoe has dropped: Beijing has backed up the plans for trade easing laid out by the US, signaling warmer relations between the recently feuding sides. Bloomberg reports: Read more here. Nike (NKE) slipped this one into its earnings call last night: It could see a $1 billion tariff hit to profits this year! How does it plan to overcome that, you ask? By jacking up prices even more soon. How the consumer responds to the higher prices will determine if the tariff hit is a greater-than-expected weight on the business. Keep that risk in mind as the big premarket move excites you. We'll dive more into Nike's quarter on Opening Bid live at 9:30 a.m ET. President Trump has said the US could sign a 'very big' trade deal soon that would open up the Indian market to American businesses, even as both sides meet in D.C. to break a recent deadlock over key issues. Bloomberg reports: Read more here. President Trump said Thursday that the US and China have "signed" a trade deal, cementing months-long negotiations. The deal builds on meetings in Geneva between representatives of both nations and implements measures previously agreed upon. 'We just signed with China yesterday,' Trump said during remarks at the White House, without offering specifics. A White House official later clarified that both nations had agreed to a framework to implement the Geneva truce first negotiated in May. In that truce, the US and China agreed to a 90-day reduction in tariffs while working toward a formal deal. Talks had stalled over issues such as US export controls and China's rare earth exports. Earlier this month, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met in London with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. Following two days of negotiations, the parties said they had reached an agreement 'They're going to deliver rare earths to us,' Lutnick said in an interview with Bloomberg. "We'll take down our countermeasures", he added. The announcement comes a deadline looms for the US to reimpose tariffs of up to 50% on several trading partners by July 9 unless the countries reach permanent agreements. Lutnick has hinted that deals are incoming with the largest trade partners. "We're going to do top 10 deals, put them in the right category, and then these other countries will fit behind," he said. Bloomberg reports: Read more here. Yahoo Finance's Pras Subramanian reports: Read more here. After pausing his steepest tariffs in April, President Trump and his administration said the goal was "90 deals in 90 days." So far, the only agreement they have to show is with the United Kingdom. Bloomberg reports that a key sticking point in negotiations with trade partners has come from uncertainty as to whether other Trump tariffs — on metals, chips, and more — would still apply. From the report: In fact, the report said the UK deal provides a "cautionary tale": Read more here. Yahoo Finance's Ben Werschkul reports: Read more here. White House Council of Economic Advisers chairman Stephen Miran spoke with Yahoo Finance's Brian Sozzi earlier today about the state of tariff negotiations two weeks out for the Trump administration's self-imposed July 9 deadline. That deadline marks the end of a tariff pause on the higher levels of "Liberation Day" tariffs. But with only one interim deal inked with the UK and several ongoing negotiations in play, it raises the question: What happens next? "My expectation would be that for countries that are negotiating in good faith and making progress that rolling back the deadline makes sense," Miran said on Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid. "I mean, you don't blow up a deal that's that's in process and making really good faith, sincere, authentic progress by dropping a tariff bomb in it." Sozzi adds: Read more here. Associated British Foods may become the first casualty of Britain's tariff deal with the US and have said it may have to close the UK's largest bioethanol plant by September if the government does not provide funding. Reuters reports: Read more here. Trade talks between India and the US have hit a roadblock in recent weeks, particularly over the level of tariffs in the auto, steel, and agricultural sectors. That's left an interim trade deal in jeopardy ahead of President Trump's July 9 deadline. Here are some key issues at stake, according to a Reuters analysis: Read more here. Toy prices are going up faster than ever, mainly because of new tariffs in an industry where most toys, about 75%, are made in China. It's one of the first signs of how new trade rules are quickly making things more expensive for Americans. The Washington Post reports: Read more here. The European Union leaders are expected to inform the European Commission on Thursday whether they would rather strike a quick trade deal with the US, even if that means accepting less favorable terms, or risk prolonging the standoff in pursuit of a better outcome. Bloomberg News reports: Read more here. The European Union competition chief, Teresa Ribera, told Bloomberg News on Thursday that the EU's crackdown on Apple (AAPL), Meta (META), and Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) is not a bargaining chip in trade negotiations with President Trump. Bloomberg News reports: Read more here. One Chinese toymaker has taken drastic action to try and avoid President Trump's tariff blitz. When Trump hiked tariffs on China from 54% to 145% in early April, Ah Biao a toy factory in southern China that makes magnetic puzz and sensory toys for American children, rented a factory in Vietnam. They packed 90 sets of iron and steel molds into 60 boxes, which was then shipped to the Southeast Asian country to avoid high levies. Bloomberg News reports: Read more here. Japan's chief trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa has reinforced the message that it cannot accept US tariffs of 25% on cars, adding that the country's automakers produce far more cars in the US than they export to America. Bloomberg News reports: Read more here.
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23 minutes ago
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EU, US Confident They'll Reach Tariff Deal by July Deadline
(Bloomberg) -- The European Union and the US believe they can clinch some form of a trade agreement before a July 9 deadline, when Washington is set to impose a 50% tariff on nearly all EU products and the bloc plans to unleash its own series of countermeasures. Philadelphia Transit System Votes to Cut Service by 45%, Hike Fares US Renters Face Storm of Rising Costs Squeezed by Crowds, the Roads of Central Park Are Being Reimagined Mapping the Architectural History of New York's Chinatown Sao Paulo Pushes Out Favela Residents, Drug Users to Revive Its City Center European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told EU leaders behind closed doors at a Thursday summit that she was confident a deal could be reached before the deadline to avoid an economically damaging escalation, according to people familiar with the matter. Von der Leyen said that the Trump administration had shared a new proposal this week. During the discussion, there was a shift in tone among the leaders, many of whom said they were ready to accept some degree of imbalance in a trade deal to avoid an escalation, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick echoed von der Leyen's comments in a Thursday interview with Bloomberg TV, saying that the EU had picked up the pace of the negotiations in recent weeks, laying out the groundwork for an accord. A spokesperson for the commission, which handles trade matters for the EU, didn't immediately reply to a request for comment. 'Europe has done an excellent job, they're working hard,' Lutnick said. 'I'm optimistic — I think we can get a deal now.' European stocks extended their gains after the news, with the Stoxx Europe 600 Index up 1%. The benchmark was up 0.7% before the news. German bonds extended a small drop, sending the yield on the two-year to 1.87%. Lutnick added that it made sense for a deal with the EU to come at the end of the process since the bloc is the US's largest trade partner, and as such the two have a deep and complex relationship. President Donald Trump in April announced a raft of so-called reciprocal tariffs on nearly all US commercial partners, targeting trade barriers American companies face abroad, such as duties, domestic regulations and taxes. Those 50% tariffs are set to be imposed July 9. In addition to the universal levy, Trump has introduced a 25% tariff on cars and a 50% duty on steel and aluminum. He's also working to expand tariffs on other sectors, including pharmaceuticals, semiconductors and commercial aircraft. The US president has often blasted the EU – which he has said was created to 'screw' the US – over its goods surplus and perceived barriers to American trade. The EU estimates that US duties now cover €380 billion ($445 billion), or about 70%, of its exports to the US. EU officials believe that the best-case scenario from the negotiations remains an agreement in principle that would allow the talks to continue beyond the July deadline, Bloomberg previously reported. Since intensifying negotiations, the US and EU have been conducting in-depth discussions on critical sectors – such as steel and aluminum, automobiles, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors and civilian aircraft – as well as on tariff and non-tariff barriers, in addition to strategic purchases and economic security. Thursday's leaders' debate didn't reveal the extent of the imbalances the bloc's capitals are prepared to stomach, according to the people. The EU, which has been seeking a mutually beneficial deal, will assess any end result and at that stage decide what level of asymmetry it's willing to accept. Because of that, in parallel to the negotiations, the bloc continues to prepare countermeasures should talks yield unsatisfactory outcomes and may need to rebalance the agreement targeting some key sectors. The EU has approved tariffs on €21 billion of US goods that can be quickly implemented in response to Trump's metals levies. They target politically sensitive American states and include products such as soybeans from Louisiana, home to House Speaker Mike Johnson, as well as agricultural products, poultry, and motorcycles. The bloc has also prepared an additional list of tariffs on €95 billion of American products in response to Trump's so-called reciprocal levies and automotive duties. They would target industrial goods including Boeing Co. aircraft, US-made cars, and bourbon. The EU is also consulting member states to identify strategic areas where the US relies on the bloc, as well as potential measures that go beyond tariffs. 'We are ready for a deal — at the same time we are preparing for the possibility that no satisfactory agreement is reached,' von der Leyen told reporters after Thursday's summit. 'In short, all options remain on the table.' --With assistance from Sagarika Jaisinghani and Alice Gledhill. (Updates with market move in the seventh paragraph.) America's Top Consumer-Sentiment Economist Is Worried How to Steal a House Inside Gap's Last-Ditch, Tariff-Addled Turnaround Push Apple Test-Drives Big-Screen Movie Strategy With F1 Luxury Counterfeiters Keep Outsmarting the Makers of $10,000 Handbags ©2025 Bloomberg L.P.
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24 minutes ago
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Trump tariffs live updates: US, China clinch trade deal; Trump says he is terminating trade talks with Canada
President Trump on Friday said he was cutting off trade talks with Canada and threatened to set a new tariff rate on the country's goods within the next week. Trump said the move was in response to Canada's move to implement a digital services tax on technology companies, calling it a "direct and blatant attack on our country." "We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period," Trump wrote on Truth Social. The abrupt blow-up in US-Canada relations followed a flurry of optimism on the trade front that helped send stocks to new records on Friday. Most notably, the US and China stepped closer to a full tariff and trade deal, making a pact to formally cement the informal trade understanding reached in Geneva talks in May. US tariffs on Chinese imports will start at 30%, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday. China tariffs on US imports will be 10%. The pact marks a significant step in stabilizing trade relations between the two countries, which lapsed into feuding soon after an initial truce in May. China has confirmed it will deliver rare earths to the US as part of the trade framework, and the US will respond by taking down its countermeasures, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Bloomberg. Lutnick also claimed that trade agreements with 10 key US trading partners are imminent, as countries from Canada to Japan struggle to get over the finish line with just two weeks to go. Bessent on Friday said the US could complete the balance of its most important trade talks by Labor Day. "I think we could have trade wrapped up by Labor Day," Bessent said in a Fox Business interview. The Trump administration has signaled a willingness to roll back the self-imposed tariff deadline of July 9 as pressure builds. Stephen Miran, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, told Yahoo Finance the tariff pause to be extended for countries negotiating "in good faith." So far, Trump has firmed up a trade deal with the United Kingdom. Trade talks with the European Union have also come into focus in recent days, with US tariffs of up to 50% on EU imports looming by that same deadline. A report said officials are optimistic about reaching a deal. Read more: What Trump's tariffs mean for the economy and your wallet Here are the latest updates as the policy reverberates around the world. On Friday afternoon, President Trump touted tariff revenue and an influx of domestic manufacturing but offered few details on the state of tariff negotiations ahead of the July 9 deadline, when the tariff pause expires. The president acknowledged that the administration won't be able to reach deals with 200-plus countries over the next week and a half. But he did not definitively say whether tariff rates would jump back up to "Liberation Day" levels. "We can do whatever we want," Trump told reporters in a press briefing, referring to the tariff pause. "We could extend it. We could make it shorter — I'd like to make it shorter. I'd like to just send letters out to everybody: 'Congratulations, you're paying 25%'" So far, the Trump administration has confirmed preliminary trade agreements with China (as of today) and the UK. Trump noted that officials are in the process of negotiating other deals, which he said are "going to go very quickly." In particular, Trump again teased a potential deal with India, which has faced roadblocks in recent weeks over some of the country's protectionist policies for certain sectors. "Some of the bigger countries, India, I think we're going to reach a deal where we have the right to go in and trade," Trump said. "Right now, it's restricted. ... We're looking to get a full trade barrier dropping, which is unthinkable, and I'm not sure that that's going to happen, but as of this moment, we've agreed to go into Indian trade." US and EU officials are confident of clinching a trade deal before a July 9 deadline, Bloomberg reported Friday. Amid continued progress on China, the US-EU talks have come in high focus ahead of that deadline, with US tariffs of up to 50% looming on EU imports. From the report: Read more here. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that the US could wrap up its most important trade deals by Labor Day. "Secretary Lutnick said yesterday that he expects 10 more deals," Bessent told Fox Business Network in an interview. "So if we can ink 10 or 12 of the important 18, there are another important 20 relationships, then I think we could have trade wrapped up by Labor Day." Bessent's comments come after the US and China signed an interim trade agreement on Friday that would reduce tariffs while the two sides work toward a formal deal. Trump administration officials have softened their stance toward the July 9 deadline they set for themselves to hammer out trade pacts. On Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the early July deadline "is not critical" while Trump's top economic adviser said he expected the US to extend the pause for countries negotiating "in good faith." The other shoe has dropped: Beijing has backed up the plans for trade easing laid out by the US, signaling warmer relations between the recently feuding sides. Bloomberg reports: Read more here. Nike (NKE) slipped this one into its earnings call last night: It could see a $1 billion tariff hit to profits this year! How does it plan to overcome that, you ask? By jacking up prices even more soon. How the consumer responds to the higher prices will determine if the tariff hit is a greater-than-expected weight on the business. Keep that risk in mind as the big premarket move excites you. We'll dive more into Nike's quarter on Opening Bid live at 9:30 a.m ET. President Trump has said the US could sign a 'very big' trade deal soon that would open up the Indian market to American businesses, even as both sides meet in D.C. to break a recent deadlock over key issues. Bloomberg reports: Read more here. President Trump said Thursday that the US and China have "signed" a trade deal, cementing months-long negotiations. The deal builds on meetings in Geneva between representatives of both nations and implements measures previously agreed upon. 'We just signed with China yesterday,' Trump said during remarks at the White House, without offering specifics. A White House official later clarified that both nations had agreed to a framework to implement the Geneva truce first negotiated in May. In that truce, the US and China agreed to a 90-day reduction in tariffs while working toward a formal deal. Talks had stalled over issues such as US export controls and China's rare earth exports. Earlier this month, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met in London with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. Following two days of negotiations, the parties said they had reached an agreement 'They're going to deliver rare earths to us,' Lutnick said in an interview with Bloomberg. "We'll take down our countermeasures", he added. The announcement comes a deadline looms for the US to reimpose tariffs of up to 50% on several trading partners by July 9 unless the countries reach permanent agreements. Lutnick has hinted that deals are incoming with the largest trade partners. "We're going to do top 10 deals, put them in the right category, and then these other countries will fit behind," he said. Bloomberg reports: Read more here. Yahoo Finance's Pras Subramanian reports: Read more here. After pausing his steepest tariffs in April, President Trump and his administration said the goal was "90 deals in 90 days." So far, the only agreement they have to show is with the United Kingdom. Bloomberg reports that a key sticking point in negotiations with trade partners has come from uncertainty as to whether other Trump tariffs — on metals, chips, and more — would still apply. From the report: In fact, the report said the UK deal provides a "cautionary tale": Read more here. Yahoo Finance's Ben Werschkul reports: Read more here. White House Council of Economic Advisers chairman Stephen Miran spoke with Yahoo Finance's Brian Sozzi earlier today about the state of tariff negotiations two weeks out for the Trump administration's self-imposed July 9 deadline. That deadline marks the end of a tariff pause on the higher levels of "Liberation Day" tariffs. But with only one interim deal inked with the UK and several ongoing negotiations in play, it raises the question: What happens next? "My expectation would be that for countries that are negotiating in good faith and making progress that rolling back the deadline makes sense," Miran said on Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid. "I mean, you don't blow up a deal that's that's in process and making really good faith, sincere, authentic progress by dropping a tariff bomb in it." Sozzi adds: Read more here. Associated British Foods may become the first casualty of Britain's tariff deal with the US and have said it may have to close the UK's largest bioethanol plant by September if the government does not provide funding. Reuters reports: Read more here. Trade talks between India and the US have hit a roadblock in recent weeks, particularly over the level of tariffs in the auto, steel, and agricultural sectors. That's left an interim trade deal in jeopardy ahead of President Trump's July 9 deadline. Here are some key issues at stake, according to a Reuters analysis: Read more here. Toy prices are going up faster than ever, mainly because of new tariffs in an industry where most toys, about 75%, are made in China. It's one of the first signs of how new trade rules are quickly making things more expensive for Americans. The Washington Post reports: Read more here. The European Union leaders are expected to inform the European Commission on Thursday whether they would rather strike a quick trade deal with the US, even if that means accepting less favorable terms, or risk prolonging the standoff in pursuit of a better outcome. Bloomberg News reports: Read more here. The European Union competition chief, Teresa Ribera, told Bloomberg News on Thursday that the EU's crackdown on Apple (AAPL), Meta (META), and Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) is not a bargaining chip in trade negotiations with President Trump. Bloomberg News reports: Read more here. One Chinese toymaker has taken drastic action to try and avoid President Trump's tariff blitz. When Trump hiked tariffs on China from 54% to 145% in early April, Ah Biao a toy factory in southern China that makes magnetic puzz and sensory toys for American children, rented a factory in Vietnam. They packed 90 sets of iron and steel molds into 60 boxes, which was then shipped to the Southeast Asian country to avoid high levies. Bloomberg News reports: Read more here. Japan's chief trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa has reinforced the message that it cannot accept US tariffs of 25% on cars, adding that the country's automakers produce far more cars in the US than they export to America. Bloomberg News reports: Read more here. President Donald Trump is publicly criticizing Spain after the country refused to accept new NATO spending targets and has threatened to double Spanish tariffs as a result. Bloomberg reports: Read more here. On Friday afternoon, President Trump touted tariff revenue and an influx of domestic manufacturing but offered few details on the state of tariff negotiations ahead of the July 9 deadline, when the tariff pause expires. The president acknowledged that the administration won't be able to reach deals with 200-plus countries over the next week and a half. But he did not definitively say whether tariff rates would jump back up to "Liberation Day" levels. "We can do whatever we want," Trump told reporters in a press briefing, referring to the tariff pause. "We could extend it. We could make it shorter — I'd like to make it shorter. I'd like to just send letters out to everybody: 'Congratulations, you're paying 25%'" So far, the Trump administration has confirmed preliminary trade agreements with China (as of today) and the UK. Trump noted that officials are in the process of negotiating other deals, which he said are "going to go very quickly." In particular, Trump again teased a potential deal with India, which has faced roadblocks in recent weeks over some of the country's protectionist policies for certain sectors. "Some of the bigger countries, India, I think we're going to reach a deal where we have the right to go in and trade," Trump said. "Right now, it's restricted. ... We're looking to get a full trade barrier dropping, which is unthinkable, and I'm not sure that that's going to happen, but as of this moment, we've agreed to go into Indian trade." US and EU officials are confident of clinching a trade deal before a July 9 deadline, Bloomberg reported Friday. Amid continued progress on China, the US-EU talks have come in high focus ahead of that deadline, with US tariffs of up to 50% looming on EU imports. From the report: Read more here. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that the US could wrap up its most important trade deals by Labor Day. "Secretary Lutnick said yesterday that he expects 10 more deals," Bessent told Fox Business Network in an interview. "So if we can ink 10 or 12 of the important 18, there are another important 20 relationships, then I think we could have trade wrapped up by Labor Day." Bessent's comments come after the US and China signed an interim trade agreement on Friday that would reduce tariffs while the two sides work toward a formal deal. Trump administration officials have softened their stance toward the July 9 deadline they set for themselves to hammer out trade pacts. On Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the early July deadline "is not critical" while Trump's top economic adviser said he expected the US to extend the pause for countries negotiating "in good faith." The other shoe has dropped: Beijing has backed up the plans for trade easing laid out by the US, signaling warmer relations between the recently feuding sides. Bloomberg reports: Read more here. Nike (NKE) slipped this one into its earnings call last night: It could see a $1 billion tariff hit to profits this year! How does it plan to overcome that, you ask? By jacking up prices even more soon. How the consumer responds to the higher prices will determine if the tariff hit is a greater-than-expected weight on the business. Keep that risk in mind as the big premarket move excites you. We'll dive more into Nike's quarter on Opening Bid live at 9:30 a.m ET. President Trump has said the US could sign a 'very big' trade deal soon that would open up the Indian market to American businesses, even as both sides meet in D.C. to break a recent deadlock over key issues. Bloomberg reports: Read more here. President Trump said Thursday that the US and China have "signed" a trade deal, cementing months-long negotiations. The deal builds on meetings in Geneva between representatives of both nations and implements measures previously agreed upon. 'We just signed with China yesterday,' Trump said during remarks at the White House, without offering specifics. A White House official later clarified that both nations had agreed to a framework to implement the Geneva truce first negotiated in May. In that truce, the US and China agreed to a 90-day reduction in tariffs while working toward a formal deal. Talks had stalled over issues such as US export controls and China's rare earth exports. Earlier this month, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met in London with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. Following two days of negotiations, the parties said they had reached an agreement 'They're going to deliver rare earths to us,' Lutnick said in an interview with Bloomberg. "We'll take down our countermeasures", he added. The announcement comes a deadline looms for the US to reimpose tariffs of up to 50% on several trading partners by July 9 unless the countries reach permanent agreements. Lutnick has hinted that deals are incoming with the largest trade partners. "We're going to do top 10 deals, put them in the right category, and then these other countries will fit behind," he said. Bloomberg reports: Read more here. Yahoo Finance's Pras Subramanian reports: Read more here. After pausing his steepest tariffs in April, President Trump and his administration said the goal was "90 deals in 90 days." So far, the only agreement they have to show is with the United Kingdom. Bloomberg reports that a key sticking point in negotiations with trade partners has come from uncertainty as to whether other Trump tariffs — on metals, chips, and more — would still apply. From the report: In fact, the report said the UK deal provides a "cautionary tale": Read more here. Yahoo Finance's Ben Werschkul reports: Read more here. White House Council of Economic Advisers chairman Stephen Miran spoke with Yahoo Finance's Brian Sozzi earlier today about the state of tariff negotiations two weeks out for the Trump administration's self-imposed July 9 deadline. That deadline marks the end of a tariff pause on the higher levels of "Liberation Day" tariffs. But with only one interim deal inked with the UK and several ongoing negotiations in play, it raises the question: What happens next? "My expectation would be that for countries that are negotiating in good faith and making progress that rolling back the deadline makes sense," Miran said on Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid. "I mean, you don't blow up a deal that's that's in process and making really good faith, sincere, authentic progress by dropping a tariff bomb in it." Sozzi adds: Read more here. Associated British Foods may become the first casualty of Britain's tariff deal with the US and have said it may have to close the UK's largest bioethanol plant by September if the government does not provide funding. Reuters reports: Read more here. Trade talks between India and the US have hit a roadblock in recent weeks, particularly over the level of tariffs in the auto, steel, and agricultural sectors. That's left an interim trade deal in jeopardy ahead of President Trump's July 9 deadline. Here are some key issues at stake, according to a Reuters analysis: Read more here. Toy prices are going up faster than ever, mainly because of new tariffs in an industry where most toys, about 75%, are made in China. It's one of the first signs of how new trade rules are quickly making things more expensive for Americans. The Washington Post reports: Read more here. The European Union leaders are expected to inform the European Commission on Thursday whether they would rather strike a quick trade deal with the US, even if that means accepting less favorable terms, or risk prolonging the standoff in pursuit of a better outcome. Bloomberg News reports: Read more here. The European Union competition chief, Teresa Ribera, told Bloomberg News on Thursday that the EU's crackdown on Apple (AAPL), Meta (META), and Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) is not a bargaining chip in trade negotiations with President Trump. Bloomberg News reports: Read more here. One Chinese toymaker has taken drastic action to try and avoid President Trump's tariff blitz. When Trump hiked tariffs on China from 54% to 145% in early April, Ah Biao a toy factory in southern China that makes magnetic puzz and sensory toys for American children, rented a factory in Vietnam. They packed 90 sets of iron and steel molds into 60 boxes, which was then shipped to the Southeast Asian country to avoid high levies. Bloomberg News reports: Read more here. Japan's chief trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa has reinforced the message that it cannot accept US tariffs of 25% on cars, adding that the country's automakers produce far more cars in the US than they export to America. Bloomberg News reports: Read more here. President Donald Trump is publicly criticizing Spain after the country refused to accept new NATO spending targets and has threatened to double Spanish tariffs as a result. Bloomberg reports: Read more here.
