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Ildefonso Guajardo

Trump, Mexico Expect Progress In Stalled NAFTA Talks

Talks to reshape the 1994 trade accord have been underway since last August. But they stalled in the run-up to the July 1 presidential election in Mexico, which produced a landslide victory for veteran leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
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US Home Sales Fall As Prices Hit Record High

U.S. home sales unexpectedly fell in June, posting their third straight monthly decline as a persistent shortage of properties on the market drove house prices to a record high, likely sidelining some potential buyers.
Mike Pompeo

Mike Pompeo Assails Iran's Leaders, Compares Them To 'Mafia'

U.S. Secretary of State dismissed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, who negotiated a nuclear deal with the United States and five other countries, as "merely polished front men for the ayatollahs' international con artistry."
Donald Trump Xi Jinping

Trade War May Hurt US More Than China

China does not distinguish between economic and conventional warfare in its strategizing, and cannot be pressured by the U.S. through economic tactics alone.
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Apple Watch, FitBit Could Feel Cost Of Latest US Tariffs

So far, consumer technology's biggest sellers such as mobile phones and laptops have faced little danger of import duties. However, in the latest round of U.S. tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods, the devices have all been determined by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officials to fall under an obscure subheading of data transmission machines.

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