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MNI POLITICAL RISK - Trump Admin Refocuses On April 2 Tariffs

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Executive summary:

  • President Donald Trump will hold an executive order signing ceremony in the Oval Office at 14:30 ET 19:30 GMT before delivering remarks to open the White House’s Digital Assets Summit at 15:00 ET 20:00 GMT.
  • Trump announced yesterday that Mexico and Canada would be given a month-long reprieve from a 25% tariff for goods covered by the USMCA free trade agreement. We have a full summary of tariff action inside.
  • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave some clues about Trump’s long-term trade strategy in a speech to the Economic Club of New York.
  • Trump signed an Executive Order to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a US Digital Asset Stockpile. 
  • The implied probability of a government shutdown dipped slightly after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) expressed confidence that his conference can pass a government funding measure on Tuesday.
  • Trump appears to have moved to curtail Elon Musk’s power to unilaterally cut government spending.
  • Trump's special envoy Steven Witkoff said US and Ukrainian delegations will meet in Saudi Arabia next week to discuss "a framework for a peace agreement and an initial ceasefire".
  • A US decision to negotiate directly with Hamas has strained relations with Israel.
  • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the administration’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on Iran is “designed to collapse its already buckling economy.”
  • Poll of the Day: A bipartisan majority of Americans are concerned that tariffs will raise prices of consumer goods.

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Executive summary:

  • President Donald Trump will hold an executive order signing ceremony in the Oval Office at 14:30 ET 19:30 GMT before delivering remarks to open the White House’s Digital Assets Summit at 15:00 ET 20:00 GMT.
  • Trump announced yesterday that Mexico and Canada would be given a month-long reprieve from a 25% tariff for goods covered by the USMCA free trade agreement. We have a full summary of tariff action inside.
  • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave some clues about Trump’s long-term trade strategy in a speech to the Economic Club of New York.
  • Trump signed an Executive Order to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a US Digital Asset Stockpile. 
  • The implied probability of a government shutdown dipped slightly after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) expressed confidence that his conference can pass a government funding measure on Tuesday.
  • Trump appears to have moved to curtail Elon Musk’s power to unilaterally cut government spending.
  • Trump's special envoy Steven Witkoff said US and Ukrainian delegations will meet in Saudi Arabia next week to discuss "a framework for a peace agreement and an initial ceasefire".
  • A US decision to negotiate directly with Hamas has strained relations with Israel.
  • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the administration’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on Iran is “designed to collapse its already buckling economy.”
  • Poll of the Day: A bipartisan majority of Americans are concerned that tariffs will raise prices of consumer goods.

Please find the full article attached below: US DAILY BRIEF