Trump Opens Key Trade Week With Fresh Tariff Threat
WSJ What’s News
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 7 July 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:33.5 | President Trump opens a key week for trade deals by threatening new tariffs on emerging market countries. |
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| 1:01.0 | It's Monday, July 7th. |
| 1:02.5 | I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 1:04.5 | And here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today. |
| 1:15.6 | Thank you. News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today. President Trump is threatening additional 10% tariffs on countries that align with the BRICS group of |
| 1:21.8 | emerging markets, which he accused of harboring anti-American policies. Hours earlier, Bricks members gathered at an annual |
| 1:29.0 | summit had signed a declaration voicing concern with tariffs and their effect on global trade |
| 1:34.5 | and economic development. Along with core members, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, |
| 1:41.2 | Bricks recently grew to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, |
| 1:46.7 | and the United Arab Emirates. Trump's threats sent Asian stock markets and U.S. futures lower |
| 1:52.6 | ahead of it was already shaping up to be a tense week featuring a Wednesday deadline for |
| 1:57.6 | dozens of countries to strike trade deals with Washington or face new tariffs. |
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