Announced at the G-20 Summit in Rome, the deal is meant to protect American producers but tamp down on the cost increases that the original tariffs have led to.
President Trump highlighted the positive during a series of meetings at the G-20 summit in Japan. Setting aside complaints about unfair trade, the president cheered stronger ties with U.S. allies.
President Trump is due to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this weekend, raising hopes the two leaders might call a truce in their trade war. The White House has downplayed expectations of a deal.
Angered by General Motors' decision to idle plants and lay off thousands of workers, the Trump administration threatened to retaliate by withholding federal subsidies for the company's cars.
The second leg of the final of the Copa Libertadores was billed as a glorious highlight in the tournament's history — the first ever meeting of age-old rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate.
In addition to defending his son's decision to hold the meeting, President Trump also told Reuters that he had no knowledge of the meeting at the time and only learned of it recently in media reports.
The gathering of the world's largest economies, the group took a step back from its typically overt pro-free trade agenda. The cause of the change seemed to be pushback from the United States.
Unimpressed with their rarefied surroundings, the stray cats eventually wandered off without incident, leaving the stage to the dignitaries gathered in Turkey.
