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WSJ What’s News

Why Women Are Falling Behind Amid the Return to Office

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

44K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for July 14. Employers are pushing for more workers to return to the office, but surveys find that many women are still remote working. WSJ reporter Te-Ping Chen explains why that has some economists concerned. Plus, the European Union and Mexico risk 30% U.S. tariffs effective August 1st, as trade talks continue. And President Trump clears the way for Ukraine to receive Patriot air-defense systems. Luke Vargas hosts.  Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:33.1

President Trump ups the ante in talks with the EU and Mexico, threatening 30% tariffs on America's first and second largest trading partners.

0:42.6

Plus, the president clears the way for Ukraine to receive Patriot Air Defense Systems, and women are falling behind as Americans return to the office.

0:52.5

Remote workers tend to get passed over for promotions more than people who do go to the office more.

0:58.0

So that, obviously, for economists, is concerning when they look at these differential rates of office work for men and women.

1:04.8

It's Monday, July 14th. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,

1:08.4

and here is the AM edition of What's News,

1:11.4

the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

1:18.2

Mexico and the European Union will face 30% U.S. tariffs starting August 1st unless they strike

1:25.6

trade deals with Washington.

1:34.3

Those weekend warnings from President Trump come as both the EU and Mexico have been negotiating with the U.S.

1:40.1

While an EU spokesman has signaled that the bloc is ready to finalize the outline of a deal,

1:45.3

the European Commission is set to present members with a second package of retaliatory tariffs today that it could deploy if negotiations fail. Speaking yesterday, Commission President

1:51.6

Ursula von der Leyen talked up those measures, but stopped short of endorsing the EU's anti-coercion

1:57.9

instrument, or ACI, that would let it impose levies on US services, a move backed by

2:04.1

French President Emmanuel Macron.

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