US politics live: Tariffs to cost Apple $1.4b, CEO Tim Cook says
US President Donald Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz has been ousted from the position and will be US ambassador to the United Nations instead.
Mr Waltz was the man involved in the so-called 'Signalgate' scandal where a journalist was accidentally included in unsecured messages about military strikes.
Meanwhile, Apple CEO Tim Cook says Mr Trump's tariffs could cost the tech giant $US900 million ($A1.4 billion) this quarter.
Mr Trump confirmed yesterday 'potential deals' with South Korea, Japan and India when questioned about tariffs at a town hall.
But the US President said he was not in a hurry to announce the deals and that 'it can wait two weeks'.
Mr Trump's so-called 'Liberation Day' on April 2 saw 25 per cent tariffs slapped on South Korea, 24 per cent on Japan and 26 per cent on India, before announcing a 90-day pause on the higher-rate levies and lowering them to 10 per cent on April 9. Australia's tariff was set at 10 per cent, the lowest amount. Mr Trump said he was pausing the tariffs because 75 countries had asked to negotiate deals.
Also yesterday, the US and Ukraine signed a minerals deal after a two-month delay, in what the Trump administration called a new form of US commitment to Kyiv after the end of military aid.
This week Mr Trump celebrated 100 days in office.
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