2026-05-02
3 分钟This is The World in Brief from The Economist.
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Donald Trump said hostilities with Iran, quote,
have terminated ahead of a deadline that would have required lawmakers permission
to continue the war after 60 days of fighting.
His administration has claimed that the ceasefire, quote, pauses this clock.
Democrats have argued the law doesn't allow for such a stop, noting that American forces remain deployed.
Earlier, Mr Trump dismissed a new proposal from Iran for negotiations with America.
The Treasury warned shippers of sanctions if they pay tolls to Iran for passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
Mr Trump has vowed to keep a blockade in place.
After a turbulent week in oil markets, the price of Brent crude,
the global oil benchmark, fell to around $108 a barrel on Friday.
Mr. Trump said he would increase tariffs on cars from the EU to 25% from 15% currently and accused the bloc of,
quote, not complying with a trade deal struck last year.
Earlier, he said he will remove tariffs on Scotch whisky,
an apparent gesture of goodwill following King Charles' state visit to America.
The Pentagon agreed deals with Amazon, Microsoft,
NVIDIA and Reflection AI authorizing use of their AI models on its most classified networks.
Google, OpenAI and SpaceX reached similar deals earlier this year.
Anthropic, which was designated a supply chain risk by the Defense Department in March,