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“The two sides have come back together to say 'Yes, we’ve already agreed we should stop punching each other in the face. Let’s actually stick to it this time.’" Megan Messerly Daniel Desrochers Ari Hawkins politico.com/news/2025/06/1…

New: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are all involved in President Donald Trump's trade talks. Foreign officials don't know who to listen to. w/ Daniel Desrochers Ari Hawkins politico.com/news/2025/06/2…

New: President Trump is selling a tentative ceasefire between Israel and Iran as a boon not just for stability in the region but also for China amid ongoing trade talks. For Trump, everything is trade. w/ Ben Lefebvre Phelim Kine “老 康“ Daniel Desrochers politico.com/news/2025/06/2…

Trump isn't ready for a ceasefire with Massie politi.co/3HW6Jd6 via POLITICO Just as President Donald Trump appears to have hit pause on a major conflict in the Middle East, he is intensifying one at home. My latest w/ Lisa Kashinsky Daniel Desrochers

NEW: Rep. Thomas Massie’s “probably more vulnerable” than he’s been in yrs as MAGA hits back over his moves to thwart Trump’s agenda. Rumblings AIPAC could spend against Massie, too. Massie’s embracing the fight. w/Brakkton Booker Daniel Desrochers politico.com/news/2025/06/2… POLITICO

Thomas Massie is bearing down for a fight with Trump. “It will deplete his political capital if he doesn’t succeed, and he knows that,” Massie said at the Capitol Tuesday. Got to dabble in Kentucky politics again w/ Brakkton Booker and Lisa Kashinsky. politico.com/news/2025/06/2…

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is facing a mutiny on the GOP megabill by Jordain Carney politico.com/live-updates/2…

New: President Trump on Friday ended trade negotiations with Canada in part over its digital services tax. It’s the latest example of Trump has turned narrow, trade-focused talks into kitchen-sink diplomatic forums. w/ Ari Hawkins Daniel Desrochers politico.com/news/2025/06/2…

Great piece by Megan Messerly Ari Hawkins Daniel Desrochers on the president’s kitchen-sink approach to trade Notably, trade used to be considered part and parcel with diplomacy, and USTR was created as an effort to make it more about econ/biz considerations politico.com/news/2025/06/2…

New: President Trump’s approach to trade talks is making it difficult for foreign governments to sell agreements at home. In India, his claim of brokering India-Pakistan peace is riling Indians — making it harder to sell a trade deal. w/ Daniel Desrochers politico.com/news/2025/06/2…

The relevant arbiter here is not CBO. It is the bond market. politico.com/news/magazine/…

Pros had it first, but updated megabill text is now posted here for all to peruse politico.com/live-updates/2…

New: The U.S. and Vietnam have reached an initial tariff deal. POLITICO obtained a draft copy of a U.S.-Vietnam joint statement. More details w Phelim Kine “老 康“ Daniel Desrochers Ari Hawkins politico.com/news/2025/07/0…

U.S. and Vietnam reach an initial tariff deal. Vietnam was looking at an aggressive 46 percent tariff once Trump’s 90-day pause ended. It could be the first of more deals to come ahead of the July 9 deadline W/ Phelim Kine “老 康“, Megan Messerly, Ari Hawkins politico.com/news/2025/07/0…

A list of items that could potentially be more expensive under tariff deal with Vietnam: --apple-bottom jeans --boots with fur --baggy sweatpants --Reeboks with straps

SCOOP: Commerce Sec’y Howard Lutnick was supposed to join EU officials on Thurs. for a trade negotiation as the pause on tariffs is due to expire next week but Lutnick had already left DC to vacation w/ family in Italy, a source told me and Daniel Desrochers. politico.com/newsletters/pl…

New: The White House has claimed just three trade “deals” — with the UK, China and Vietnam — ahead of Tuesday’s deadline. It’s not bothering Trump. “He likes the game too much,” one person close to the White House told me. w Daniel Desrochers politico.com/news/2025/07/0…

President Donald Trump is threatening to slap 25 percent tariffs on Japan and South Korea as it continues to negotiate trade deals with the countries ahead of a new Aug. 1 deadline. w/ Daniel Desrochers politico.com/news/2025/07/0…

Politico International Trade Reporter Daniel Desrochers discusses Trump trade and tariff policies and the delay of the U.S. tariff deadline Watch here: tinyurl.com/3mjkkydu

’Shock. Frustration. Anger.’ Trump’s tariff letters roil Asian allies w/ Daniel Desrochers Phelim Kine “老 康“ politico.com/news/2025/07/0…