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Trump signs US Mexico Canada Agreement

The USMCA is set to replace the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement.

US President Donald Trump formally signed a new trade pact with Mexico and Canada, bringing his campaign promise to replace the three countries' existing deal closer to fruition. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Michelle Fleury was at the White House. The stockmarkets had a lot to take in today - the big technology companies have been reporting their earnings and the Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates unchanged but it was surprisingly quiet on the subject of the coronovirus outbreak. The market fell when the Fed Chair Jerome Powell gave his press conference, but why did they take such a negative attitude to his very cautious approach. A question for Susan Schmidt, Head of US Equities at Aviva Investments.

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