US and China will temporarily lower tariffs on each other’s products in a dramatic ratcheting down of trade tensions that buys the world’s two largest economies three months to work toward a broader agreement. The combined 145% US levies on most Chinese imports will be reduced to 30% including the rate tied to fentanyl by May 14, while the 125% Chinese duties on US goods will drop to 10%, according to a joint statement and from officials in a briefing Monday in Geneva.
Today’s guests: Wei Li, BlackRock Global Chief Investment Strategist, Odile Renaud-Basso, EBRD President, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Greek Finance Minister.
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00:01:32 – US, China Agree to Lower Tariffs in 90-Day Cool-Off Period
00:03:56 – Stocks Jump as US, China Cut Tariffs
00:07:56 – Wei Li, BlackRock Global Chief Investment Strategist
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00:15:53 – ABC Report: Trump May Accept Qatar Jet as Gift
00:18:01 – EBRD to Expand Into Benin, Ivory Coast, Nigeria
00:19:53 – EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso
00:26:22 – Trump Heads to Mideast Seeking Investments
00:29:34 – UniCredit Profit Beat Boosts Orcel
00:31:30 – Trump Vows US Drug Price Cuts of Up to 80% in Industry Blow
00:34:14 – Kurdish PKK Fighters to Disband
00:38:07 – Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Greek Finance Minister
00:46:39 – EU Plans Defense Spending Boost
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