U.S. equities gained at midday on news of a new trade deal between the U.S. and the European Union. https://t.co/tyTsfMvMFx ...

today. This just broke roughly about 45 minutes, maybe an hour ago, and it looks like the uh tariff situation is improving as Donald J. Trump met with I believe this is uh European Commission President Ursula Vanderlion nailed it and uh it's in the books and the uh tariff situation, the tariff trade between the US and the EU is there with 15% tariffs.And before we go on, just a little refresher for the Americans in the back, such as myself, and don't lie. Uh, if you're in a most of us don't know, we know of ...

A US trade court has for now denied an effort to restore a tariff exemption for small-value packages from China that Donald Trump ended earlier this year https://t.co/OLoYy9Ff5U ...

Um so basically earnings have come in okay. They've beat kind of subdued expectations. The growth rate is moderate relative to history.Um what's your key takeaway so far and especially as we go into this very busy week. I mean so far to me one of the biggest takeaways from a macro perspective is that the US consumer at least to date is holding in pretty well. And I think that came across most strongly with the bank earnings.So to me that was important because we know the consumer is about 69% of the economy ...

President's been making some comments in this bilateral. He's covered the Fed and rates. He's covered China, uh, Gaza and Russia.And now some comments on aluminum and steel. Take a listen. World.For the world, what percent will that be. I would say it'll be somewhere in the 15 to 20% range. So maybe 15 or 20 or No, I said, you know, I sort of know, but I just want to be nice. I would say in the range of 15 to 20%.UK probably one of those two numbers for UK steel aluminum makers here are worried about. Would ...

Donald Trump hails his close ties with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a meeting in which they were expected to discuss trade and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine https://t.co/CGRIrm82rA ...

All right. So, I'm looking at the futures. They're higher.They're certainly higher across the board, but uh maybe just relatively muted. I'm looking at the S&P up about a third of 1%, the NASDAQ up about a half a percent. Are you surprised at all about that.I've heard a lot of people say uh basically that 15% tariffs, they seem palatable. Is that what the market's saying that 15% tariffs we can deal with. Not ideal, but we can deal with that.Uh, I think it's an example of the market being a little short-ter ...

The EU-US trade is a stark reminder of Europe's dependence, writes @LionelRALaurent (via @opinion) https://t.co/7MHxpCSwnJ ...

It's a good deal for everybody, I believe. And it's I think you were saying this is probably the biggest deal ever reached in any capacity trade or be untrue. It is.It's a it's a giant deal with lots of countries. For more, let's bring in Bloomberg's Oliver Cromwell. Oliver, it's President Trump.So obviously there are going to be superlatives. It's not just a good deal. It's the best deal that's ever been reached.What is in this deal now. Yeah. So listen, this is going to spend a little bit of time here jus ...

European stock futures rallied after the US and European Union agreed to a trade deal https://t.co/TNnwkdnWVD ...