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Trump trade war: Could U.S.-Mexico deal signal more stock gains?


Wall Street cheers U.S.-Mexico trade deal, view agreement as step in right direction in global tariff fight. ✔ The start of the televised phone call with Mexico's president Monday announcing a major trade agreement got off to an awkward start ✔ It’s worth remembering that every trade deal is different, Craig Erlam,  senior market analyst at currency trading firm OANDA, told USA TODAY


China and US come to aid of industries hit by trade war


Washington to pay $4.7 billion in assistance to affected farmers ✔ Beijing, meanwhile, is supporting companies through greater lending ✔ There will be six days of public hearings for affected industries and organizations, raising businesses' hopes that Trump will reconsider ✔ Similar policies will not be able to offset the impact if the trade war intensifies


Global stocks soar on US-Mexico trade breakthrough as Canada is sidelined


Stock markets hit six-month high as trade war fears recede, with Steve Mnuchin saying: ‘Our objective is to get Canada on board quickly’ ✔ Wilbur Ross, the US commerce secretary, confirmed on Tuesday that the Trump administration is fully prepared to go ahead with or without Canada in ripping up Nafta and warned that Canada’s economy can’t survive well without a US deal ✔ In announcing the deal on Monday, Trump said: With Canada, frankly, the easiest thing we can do is to impose a tariff on their cars coming in


Mitsubishi Electric moves machine tool production out of China


US-bound devices now made in Japan to avoid additional tariffs ✔ Mitsubishi Electric will move production for markets other than the U.S. out of Japan ✔ But they are feeling indirect pressure from the trade war, with manufacturers less willing to invest in new machinery, for instance ✔ Komatsu plans to relocate output of certain parts for American-built hydraulic excavators from China to Japan and Mexico


Trump To Japanese Prime Minister For Some Reason: 'I Remember Pearl Harbor'


“I’m on to the Japanese,” Trump reportedly told Shinzo Abe at a meeting this summer. ✔ And you can’t say that about a lot of the world leaders, a U.S. official told the publication ✔ The escalating trade war and Trump’s relationship with North Korea have continued to be points of contention between the two countries ✔ There is no change in our basic recognition about the threat of North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missiles


Wall Street hovers near record high


undefined ✔ The bilateral deal helped allay some trade war fears and helped boost stocks ✔ The dollar also came under pressure from a speech by Fed chair Jay Powell at a symposium of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday, which was largely interpreted as dovish


Trump freezing Canada out in NAFTA negotiations is 'straight from the Art of the Deal' | Markets Insider


undefined ✔ Hugo Perezcano Diaz, former head of international trade for the Ministry of Economy in the Mexican government, told Business Insider in early August he thought a NAFTA deal could be reached in coming months but games the president is known to play seemed to keep optimism at bay


Intraday Update: Stocks Stall Out Waiting for Canada


The higher the peak, the harder the climb. So stocks were expected to take a breather after making fresh records. ✔ Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was treading water ✔ No deal could lower the probability that the central bank of Canada hikes rates next week ✔ Qualcomm (QCOM) was up 3.1% to $69.44 after it announced preliminary results of its modified Dutch auction


Analysis | Trump: Diplomatic snake-oil salesman


Trump's over-the-top claims won't cease. ✔ But Trump and the U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer say they’re moving ahead regardless, which doesn’t appear possible ✔ But the path laid out by Trump doesn’t appear to be a viable one, and like his previous, self-proclaimed diplomatic coups, it falls apart almost instantly upon further inspection


U.S. consumer confidence races to near 18-year high


U.S. consumer confidence surged to near an 18-year high in August, as households remained upbeat on the labor market, pointing to strong consumer spending that should help to sustain the economy for the remainder of the year. ✔ Stocks on Wall Street were trading flat a day after the United States and Mexico reached an agreement on an overhaul of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) ✔ The dollar .DXY slipped to a four-week low against a basket of currencies ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


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