Trump deals poised to fall short of sweeping trade reforms


US President Donald Trump and his advisers have left investors on edge ahead of July 9, offering cryptic signals about which countries were close to agreements and which were off track. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

SOUTH-EAST ASIA (Bloomberg): With just 10 days to go until President Donald Trump’s country-specific tariffs are set to resume, the White House appears poised to fall short of the sweeping global trade reforms it promised to achieve during the three months they were on hold. 

Agreements with as many as a dozen of the US’s largest trading partners are expected to be completed by the July 9 deadline, top Trump advisers have said over the past week.

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