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WSJ Minute Briefing

U.S. Proposes at Least 10% Tariffs on Trading Partners

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Plus: The OECD warns of multiple recessions if the war with Iran continues. And ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Scott Pelley is fired by CBS News. Luke Vargas hosts.  Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:04.0

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0:20.0

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0:24.6

Here is your morning brief for Wednesday, June 3rd.

0:27.8

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal.

0:30.1

The U.S. is proposing tariffs of at least 10% on major trading partners, including Canada, Mexico,

0:36.8

the UK and EU, following an investigation

0:39.8

into goods allegedly produced by forced labor. The report from the Office of the U.S. Trade

0:45.7

Representative also proposed a 12.5% tariff on a raft of other countries, including China, Japan,

0:51.8

India, and South Korea. The OECD is forecasting a significant global economic slowdown in 26 due to higher energy costs and the Middle East conflict.

1:03.4

If Gulf energy production starts to recover later this month, global output will grow by 2.8% this year,

1:09.8

but a prolonged Middle East conflict could reduce

1:12.8

global growth to 2.1% the weakest this century outside of the financial crisis and pandemic.

1:19.9

And veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelly was fired by CBS News on Tuesday after publicly

1:25.6

attacking the leadership of editor-in-chief Barry Weiss

1:28.2

and new executive producer Nick Bilton at a staff meeting. Pelly claimed he was terminated

1:33.5

for political reasons, accusing management of eroding the show's standards to, quote,

1:39.0

curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration. A spokeswoman for CBS parent Paramount didn't immediately

1:45.8

comment. Asian stocks have end of the day mixed. European stocks are mostly higher in midday

1:52.1

trading and U.S. stock futures are lower ahead of the open. And we have a lot more coverage of

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