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EU chief von der Leyen heads to Scotland for trade talks with Trump

BRUSSELS/EDINBURGH (Reuters) -EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen headed to Scotland on Saturday ahead of a meeting ...
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Japan, US, Offer Contradictory Accounts of Terms in Breakthrough Trade Agreement

Japan's chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa speaks to the media after a meeting between Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Tokyo, on July 18, 2025. Shuji Kajiyama ...

Trump says Japan will invest US$550 billion in U.S. at his direction. It may not be a sure thing

U.S. President Donald Trump is bragging that Japan has given him, as part of a new trade framework, US$550 billion to invest in the United States. It’s an astonishing figure, but still subject to ...

US-Japan trade deal gives Trump control over $550 billion in investments. It could be ‘vapor ware’ — and a model for other countries

Analysts at Bank of America said that the Japan deal "looks like a reasonable blueprint" for other auto-exporting countries ...
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Wall Street hovers near records in premarket trading as attention turns to next week's busy schedule

Wall Street was on track to open with gains on Friday, adding to record highs ahead of next week’s busy slate of earnings, job market reports and the tariff deadline ...