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🇺🇸 US Markets Brief

🎯 US-Japan sign $550B trade deal with 15% tariffs; Nikkei, automakers rally; US-China talks set.

🔸 Trump announces $550B Japan investment deal with 15% reciprocal tariffs, expanded US access to Japanese autos and agriculture.

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🔸 Nikkei 225 jumps 3.5% as Japanese automakers surge on relief from lower-than-expected US tariffs.
🔸 Trump says Japan will join $44B Alaska LNG export project; details and binding commitments pending.
🔸 US and China to hold trade talks in Sweden July 27–30, aiming to address tariffs and market access.

🔸 UK Supreme Court overturns Libor-rigging convictions, raising questions about other rate-manipulation cases.
🔸 Thermo Fisher $TMO beats Q2 estimates with 3% revenue growth; stock up ~2% pre-market, guidance update expected.

🔸 Russia and Ukraine resume peace talks in Istanbul after seven weeks; US threatens secondary sanctions if no deal in 50 days.
🔸 Over 100 aid groups warn of worsening famine in Gaza, call for cease-fire and humanitarian access.

🔸 Amazon $AMZN closes Shanghai AI lab amid US-China tensions, following similar R&D pullbacks by IBM and Microsoft.
🔸 Japan’s Prime Minister Ishiba expected to resign by end of August after election losses and inflation pressures.