2025-07-08
12 分钟America's Asian trade partners get a three-week break on new tariffs.
We'll hear how that's going over.
Plus, President Trump promises to resume defensive weapons shipments to Ukraine,
citing frustration with Moscow's continued attacks.
I'm disappointed, frankly, that President Putin hasn't stopped.
I'm not happy about it either.
And Amazon turns Prime Day into Prime Week as interest in the shopping holiday wanes.
It's Tuesday, July 8th.
I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal.
And here is the AM edition of What's News,
the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
July 9th is out.
August 1st is in.
With the clock running down to strike trade deals with dozens of countries before a Wednesday deadline,
President Trump has moved back the goalposts,
delaying some of his most punishing duties until the start of next month.
He communicated that yesterday via letters to 14 countries,
which also specified the tariff rate they'd face if they can't make a deal with Washington.
Asia's benchmark stock indexes moved higher on that news,
but just how much relief can a three-week tariff pause really offer to consider that and more.