President Donald Trump's eventful week included securing a preliminary trade deal with China, deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles, and responding to Israel's strikes on Iran.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said there are no “hiccups or obstacles” remaining in the way of finalizing a trade deal with the US and indicated that an agreement would likely come soon.

U.S. stocks closed lower as investors assessed little progress on trade talks, after jumping in the morning on a cooler-than-expected inflation reading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1 point to close at 42,865.77, while the S&P 500 Index lost 16.51 points to settle at 6,022.30. The Nasdaq Composite was down 99.11 points, 0.5%, to 19,615.88

Japan and the U.S. on Friday explored the possibility of a trade agreement, Japan's top tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, told a briefing, while refraining from commenting how close they are to reaching a deal.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the European Union was tough to deal with, and securing a trade pact with the bloc would likely take longer than most other such deals. The EU "got a little reli

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed early Thursday after Wall Street’s rally stalled as investors appeared not to react much to the results of the latest round of China-U.S. trade talks. To continue reading, log in or subscribe.

The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that its next global growth forecast in July will take into account both positive and negative trade developments but declined to predict a tariff-driven GDP downgrade similar to that released by the World Bank this week.