Three South Korean cabinet-level officials met U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington in a push to close a trade deal, Seoul said on Wednesday, squaring off with a key U.S. official driving a hard bargain just ahead of a deadline.

Bessent based his assumption that there’s a written and signed agreement on the trade deals reached with Indonesia and the Philippines. Notably, Indonesia contests some of Trump’s claims about its deal, and details about the Philippines deal remain scant beyond Trump’s Truth Social posts.

With a US tariff deadline looming, things could get worse.Lai’s ability to forge ahead with his domestic agenda was handed a blow Saturday, when an unprecedented recall vote against opposition lawmakers ended in a landslide defeat.

The dollar hit a one-month high versus the euro on Tuesday in the wake of a string of trade agreements between the United States and its major trade partners, while markets await interest rate decisions from the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan.

It’s a race against time for some of America’s top trading partners who are negotiating furiously to reach agreements by Aug. 1.

As European Union leaders work through the consequences of their new trading arrangement with the US, they are confronting the bitter reality of just how far they have fallen.

The U.S. is South Africa's second-largest bilateral trading partner after China. South Africa's central bank governor has said the proposed tariff could cause around 100,000 job losses, with the agriculture and automotive sectors hit hardest.

The Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates could link up on a big trade deadline deal to send David Bednar to Philadelphia in the coming days.