DC politicians want to enact harmful credit card mandates that could take away your cash back and rewards points.

Perks that stretch your budget and make life a little easier.

Losing these benefits means less money for your family's everyday essentials like gas and groceries.

The perks you rely on could disappear, leaving you with higher costs and fewer

options. Tell Congress to guard your card and oppose the Durbin Marshall Credit Card mandates.

Paid for by Electronic Payments Coalition.

Here's your morning brief for Monday, October 27th. I'm Caitlin McCabe for the Wall Street Journal.

Ahead of the upcoming meeting between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday,

top U.S. and Chinese negotiators reported constructive trade talks over the weekend.

As President Trump started his weekloglong trip across Asia, the administration

said it reached trade agreements with Malaysia and Cambodia and frameworks for deals with Thailand and

Vietnam. Trump also presided over the signing of a peace deal between Cambodia and Thailand, which

clashed in July over a long-running border dispute.

To Argentina now, where President Javier Malay scored a decisive political victory yesterday

in the country's midterm elections after his freedom advances party won almost 41% of the national

vote. The win strengthens his position in Argentina's Congress and

secures a lifeline for his audacious free market revolution backed by President Trump.

Market analysts expect Argentine bonds and the peso to rally when trading opens today,

reflecting relief that Malay still has political traction after taking

office two years ago. And two U.S. Navy aircrafts from the same aircraft carrier crashed into the

South China Sea yesterday with the cause of both crashes currently under investigation.

A U.S. military helicopter and fighter jet took off yesterday from the USS

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