March 18, 2025 13:06 GMT
MNI POLITICAL RISK- Trump & Putin Prepare For High-Stakes Call
Daily round-up of news from the US.
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Executive summary:
- This morning, US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to hold their first call since Ukraine accepted the terms of a US-brokered 30-day ceasefire agreement.
- Trump told reporters during a tour of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts yesterday that Chinese President Xi Jinping would visit Washington in the “not too distant future.”
- UK Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds will meet with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Washington today, aiming to strike a deal to avoid Trump’s trade measures.
- Governor Michelle Bowman confirmed in a statement that President Trump has nominated her to serve as the Fed’s Vice Chair of Supervision.
- Senate Budget Committee Republicans will meet the Senate Parliamentarian in the coming weeks for a preliminary assessment on using a "current policy baseline" to score making permanent Trump's 2017 tax cuts (TCJA) at $0.
- Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have killed more than 400 people, puncturing an uneasy two-month ceasefire. The foreign minister of Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed the group "will not "dial down" their military action in the Red Sea in response to US pressure.
- Chart of the Day: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has produced a model suggesting that Trump’s trade agenda will increase inflation and slow growth.
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