US-China Talks Advance, Tough UK Migrant Rules, Traders Fuel Euro Rally

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On today's podcast:

(1) US and China both reported “substantial progress” after two days of talks in Switzerland aimed at de-escalating a trade war, marking what Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng called “an important first step” toward resolving differences.

(2) The UK will increase English-speaking requirements for migrants, and make it harder for them to stay in the country as part of efforts to rein in levels of net immigration that have touched records in recent years.

(3) Donald Trump’s effort to secure peace in Ukraine is reaching a decisive moment with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy challenging Vladimir Putin to engage in talks this week.

(4) After four days that saw the worst fighting between India and Pakistan in half a century, as well as some nuclear saber-rattling, Donald Trump on Saturday declared that both countries had reached a “FULL AND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE.”

(5) As President Trump reconfigures global trade, the euro is riding its biggest rally in two decades and traders including Amundi and Templeton say that's just the beginning.

(6) President Donald Trump’s administration is likely to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from Qatar’s royal family, in what may be the most valuable gift ever received from a foreign government, ABC News reported Sunday.

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