Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 28, 2025 in New York City.<\/p>\n
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Stock markets in the U.S. and Europe didn’t seem that delighted with the U.S.-European Union trade deal<\/a>\u00a0reached over the weekend.<\/p>\n The S&P 500 ticked up, but by the barest margin, while the Stoxx 600 Europe fell. Both indexes were trading higher during their respective sessions but had given up those gains as the day ended.<\/p>\n For those on the continent, perhaps it was a dawning realization that the agreement wasn’t too much in their favor. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and France’s minister for Europe, Benjamin Haddad, expressed a desire for\u00a0more open trade<\/a>.<\/p>\n With U.S. President Donald Trump\u00a0announcing<\/a> Monday that he would probably impose a blanket tariff of between 15% and 20% on countries without trade agreements, it’s starting to seem like most duties will settle around that level eventually, easing some uncertainty.<\/p>\n What’s more, economists appear to be revising downward their expectations\u00a0<\/strong>of the\u00a0impact tariffs will have on the U.S. economy<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 so any deals in the future might not trigger rallies, or strong ones at least, on Wall Street.<\/p>\n Tariff considerations, then, are on the backburner for now. Investors can turn their attention to Magnificent Seven earnings: Meta Platforms<\/a> and Microsoft<\/a> will be releasing results on Wednesday. If all goes well, they might give markets the cheer that was missing on Monday.<\/p>\n What you need to know today<\/p>\n Global baseline tariff of between 15% and<\/strong> <\/strong>20%. <\/strong>For countries that have not negotiated separate trade agreements with the U.S., Trump said he would likely impose that blanket tariff rate<\/a> on their exports. But Wall Street doesn’t seem as frightened of tariffs anymore<\/a>.<\/p>\n Less than two weeks for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine. <\/strong>That’s the new deadline Trump issued to Moscow \u2014 if Russia fails to meet it, the U.S. president will implement massive ‘secondary tariffs” on the country’s trade partners<\/a>, Trump said.<\/p>\n Europe isn’t that pleased with its U.S. trade deal.<\/strong> The agreement, which imposes a 15% tariff on most European Union goods exported to the U.S., has been criticized by European leaders and analysts as “asymmetric” and “unbalanced.”<\/a><\/p>\n Markets have a muted response to EU deal.<\/strong> On Monday, the S&P 500<\/a> closed near the flatline<\/a>, down from a 0.2% increase during its session high. <\/strong>The pan-European Stoxx 600 index<\/a> lost 0.22%, erasing earlier gains<\/a>.<\/p>\n [PRO] Watch this index for signs of a new bull phase. <\/strong>This index, which is calculated differently from the price-weighted S&P 500, gives a better gauge of the health<\/a> of the entire economy and stock market.<\/p>\n And finally…<\/p>\n Chinese telecoms giant Huawei showed off its Ascend chips and system for powering artificial intelligence models at the World AI Conference in Shanghai on July 26, 2025.<\/p>\n CNBC | Evelyn Cheng<\/p>\n Where is Nvidia? Chinese rivals take the limelight at major AI event in Shanghai<\/strong><\/p>\n