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President Donald Trump threatened an additional levy of 50% on Chinese goods

unless it withdrew its retaliatory tariffs.

Mr. Trump said he would not delay implementing reciprocal tariffs, but there many countries were negotiating deals with America. In a volatile

day of trading, the SMP 500, which briefly entered a bare market, fell by 0.2% and market close. The NASDAQ meanwhile rose by 0.1%.

Ursula von der Leyen said that the European Union could scrap tariffs on American industrial goods in return for Mr. Trump doing the same.

The president of the European Commission said that Europe is always ready for a good deal. But she also said that the EU would seek to strengthen trading ties with countries other than America.

Mr. Trump said America would hold high-level direct nuclear talks with Iran on Saturday.

The countries have not directly communicated since 2018 when Mr. Trump pulled America out of a multilateral deal with Iran.

Mr. Trump said Iran can't have a nuclear weapon and warned the country of great danger

if talks were unsuccessful. John Roberts, the Chief Justice of America's Supreme Court, temporarily

paused an order requiring the Trump administration to bring back to America a man

mistakenly deported.

The government argues that the lower court judge

by setting a midnight deadline for the man's return from El Salvador

overstepped her authority.

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