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Hey listeners, it's Saturday, May 3rd. I'm Francesca Fontana for the Wall Street Journal, and this is

What's News in Markets, our look at the biggest duck moves of the week and the news that drove

them. Let's get to it. Trade and earnings were the two big stories of the market this week,

and in many ways they were intertwined, as investors have been watching for the effects of Trump's

tariffs on corporations, on consumer spending, on the real world, really.

A big focus was earnings from four of the magnificent seven superstocks, but more on those

reports and how they move the market later.

Notable trade developments this week injected some optimism into the stock markets,

including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik saying he's reached a trade deal with an unnamed

country, although no trade deals have been announced, Trump softening the blow of auto tariffs,

and some signs of the ice thawing between Washington and Beijing. This week, the Dow rose 3%

while the SMP 500 gained 2.9% and the NASDAQ rose 3.4%. Let's start by checking in with

AI chip company NVIDIA and how the U.S.-China chipmaking rivalry

is heating up.

So in Monday's session, we saw investors reacting to the Wall Street Journal's report that China's

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