🗞️U.S. sets deadline for trade deals

June 2nd, 2025

What happened today 🇺🇸,

• The Trump Administration has set a deadline of July 8th to finalize trade deals, President Trump is also urging countries to submit their best offers by this Wednesday to avoid the reinstatement of the suspended tariffs

• The nuclear deal proposal that the U.S. gave Iran over the weekend would reportedly allow for uranium enrichment, which goes against what Secretary of State Rubio and Envoy Witkoff have said previously

• Yesterday in Colorado, a man identified as, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, attacked a group of pro-Israel demonstrators with a “makeshift flamethrower” and molotov cocktails while shouting “Free Palestine”…eight people were injured and the man was arrested

• Meta, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, plans to fully automate ad creation and targeting using AI by the end of 2025…for more click here 

• Disney is laying off several hundred employees globally across multiple teams, including those for Disney's marketing for both film and TV, publicity, casting and development as well as corporate financial operations

• Campbell’s has reported stronger sales of canned foods and soups as more Americans are preparing meals at home amid economic uncertainty, with consumers cooking at home at the highest rates since early 2020

• America’s manufacturing industry is expected to add 3.8 million new jobs by 2033

• There is about $700 billion worth of homes for sale in the U.S., which is up 20.3% from a year ago and the highest dollar amount ever

• DOW up .08% / S&P up .41%

• Ukraine and Russia held their second round of direct peace talks in Turkey, a prisoner swap was agreed upon but not much else

• Nationalist (right-wing) candidate, Karol Nawrocki, narrowly won Poland’s presidential election runoff with 50.89% of the vote, defeating liberal Mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski

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