It's Friday, the 11th of April. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed.

We'll start things off with the fallout from President Trump's surprise tariff pause,

as the EU, the European Union, reverses course on economic retaliation.

The White House inches closer to signing new trade agreements with more than a dozen countries,

and an irate China vows to, quote, fight to the end.

Later in the show, ahead of nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran this weekend, President Trump is warning that he has a deadline in mind for reaching a potential agreement,

and that Israel will lead strikes against the mullahs if they refuse to bend on the nuclear issue.

Plus, amid mounting tensions over the situation in Syria, Israel and Turkey are holding, quote, technical talks aimed at preventing conflict between their troops.

And in today's back of the brief, in a move that risks

antagonizing Israel, French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that France may officially move

to recognize a Palestinian state as early as June. But first, today's PDB spotlight. We'll begin today with a look at the global reaction to President Trump's whiplash-inducing

pause on tariffs, as the European Union reverses course on economic retaliation, and the White

House says they're working on new trade agreements with more than a dozen countries.

As I'm sure you might have heard, President Trump

issued a 90-day pause on nearly all of his reciprocal tariffs Wednesday morning, with the

notable exception of those imposed on China. He signaled out China as a bad actor that, quote,

lacks respect for international trade.

Trump said he wanted to allow time for U.S. officials to negotiate new trade deals with the targeted countries,

though his pause did not apply to the 10% baseline tariff on all U.S. imports that was implemented on Saturday,

or his existing 25% tariffs on foreign-made cars, steel, and aluminum.

Allies across the world welcomed the news, expressing optimism that they'll be able to find a resolution to Trump's global trade grievances.

But they remain cautious, given Trump's mercurial nature, particularly when it comes to tariffs,

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