The president has backed away from an earlier claim that he would support William Barr’s decision on the special counsel testifyingSign up to the US briefing and get a new perspective 2.51pm BST 2020 update: New Jersey senator Cory Booker, a Democrat, this morning unveiled his plan to tackle gun violence – which in 2017 saw gun deaths in the US rise to its highest rate in more than 20 years.Booker’s campaign outlined the ambitious plan on Medium. It included several measures which Booker said would be a focus on day one of his presidency:We need an aggressive approach to end the epidemic of gun violence in our country. My new plan would:✅Keep guns out of the wrong hands✅Hold gun manufacturers accountable✅Bring the fight to the NRAhttps://t.co/6dTQ3SGJcM 2.23pm BST Donald Trump shocked global financial markets this morning with an unexpected threat to further raise tariffs on Chinese-made goods.In September, Trump imposed a 10% tariff on $200bn in goods from China, including food, chemicals and electronics. On Twitter last night, Trump said he planned to hike that tariff to 25%. He also said another $325bn in goods would be subject to the 25% tariff.There is still a question of whether this is one of the famous Trump negotiation tactic, or are we really going to see some drastic increase in tariffs. If it’s the latter we’ll see massive downside pressure across all markets. Continue reading…
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