Wall St Week Ahead: Investors eye tariff deadline

NEW YORK: Investors will be keeping a close eye on tariff headlines out of Washington next week, as a temporary suspension of punitive import levies is set to expire. If that Wednesday deadline passes without an increase in trade tensions, it could prove positive for the markets.

Negotiators from more than a dozen major US trading partners are rushing to reach agreements with US President Donald Trump’s administration by July 9 to avoid even higher tariffs, and Trump and his team have kept up the pressure in recent days.