The dollar rises, boosted by hopes for a de-escalation in the global trade war. “President Trump has dialed down the trade rhetoric and his comments suggest that he wants a trade deal done with the major trading partners,

Donald Trump has made the outrageous claim that he’d struck a whopping 200 trade deals with foreign leaders during his 90-day pause on his “reciprocal tariff” policy. But when pressed, the president refused to say with what countries any of the deals had been made.