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Heat wave is over.
A Canadian cold front putting an end to the 90-plus degree temperatures.
Would have been here sooner if not for President Donald Trump's tariffs.
The NBA Finals drew an average of 16.37 million viewers.
The Stanley Cup Final was watched by 2.5 million in the U.S. but 4.6 million Canadians.
And MSNBC was watched by 178 people but that number jumped to 1,264 when Rachel Maddow aired.
The Mets play in Pittsburgh after battling the Bravos.
The Pirates' Mitch Keller has one win from 16 starts but has allowed four runs in his last 11 ²/₃ innings.
David Peterson has allowed eight runs over his last 11 innings.
Mitch Keller
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But he pitched a complete-game shutout three starts back.
That's the Peterson the Mets need with their bullpen shakier than a chihuahua on an iceberg.
$50 on the Mets.
Lengthy rain delay wasn't long enough.
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Twins marinated Seattle 10-1.
Zach Pop (eight runs, one inning) the main reason.
Loss returns us to -286 griffeyjrs.
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Trump wants Canada's digital services tax gone before trade talks resume
U.S. President Donald Trump says he's ending all trade discussions with Canada to hit back at Ottawa for slapping a tax on web giants — and he wants it removed before negotiations can begin again. Canada and the U.S. have been locked in talks to get Trump to lift his punishing tariffs on Canadian goods, levies that have already led to major economic dislocations, job losses and a drop in southbound exports. Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed at the G7 last week to reach some agreement on the trade dispute within 30 days. Speaking in the Oval Office on Friday afternoon, Trump said the U.S. has "such power over Canada," and that he's upset the country is following a taxation strategy similar to Europe's. "It's not going to work out well for Canada. They were foolish to do it," he said of imposing the DST, which was passed into law last year with a delayed application."We're going to stop all negotiations with Canada right now until they straighten out their act," he said. Asked if there's anything Canada can do to appease him, Trump said Ottawa could remove the tax. "They will," he said. "They do most of their business with us. When you have that circumstance, you treat people better." Earlier Friday, Trump posted on social media he may impose some sort of blanket tariff on Canadian goods as retribution for the DST, which will primarily hit U.S. firms since it targets only the biggest earners. Speaking briefly to reporters before Trump's Oval Office comments, Carney said he hadn't talked with Trump that day. "We'll continue to conduct these complex negotiations in the best interest of Canadians," Carney said. He did not address a reporter's question about whether his government is prepared to drop the DST — something the Business Council of Canada is calling on Ottawa to do in exchange for U.S. tariff relief. Set to take effect on June 30, the DST would have U.S. companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb pay a three per cent levy on revenue from Canadian users. The policy will apply retroactively, leaving U.S. companies with a $2-billion US bill due at the end of the month. These global digital firms are often able to skirt paying taxes in the countries where they operate, and the last Liberal government pitched the DST as a way to bring the tax code up to date and capture revenues earned in Canada by firms located abroad. U.S. long opposed DST It's been a bone of contention between Canada and the U.S. for years, with former president Joe Biden's ambassador to Canada warning during his tenure that, if a DST was enacted, the U.S. would hit back. While Canada and other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries had been discussing some sort of global DST, the Trudeau government decided to move ahead with its own tax rather than wait for co-ordinated action. Carney's finance minister, François-Philippe Champagne, said last week Ottawa planned to enact the tax even while negotiations with Trump are ongoing. That's what's prompted the president's ire. "We have just been informed that Canada, a very difficult Country to TRADE with, including the fact that they have charged our Farmers as much as 400% Tariffs, for years, on Dairy Products, has just announced that they are putting a Digital Services Tax on our American Technology Companies, which is a direct and blatant attack on our Country," Trump said. WATCH | Foreign Affairs minister on the trade war: As he has done in the past, Trump mischaracterized Canada's tariff regime on U.S. dairy products. The high tariff rates Trump frequently cites are only applied if U.S. exports exceed a set "tariff-rate quota," something that has never happened. Trump's own Department of Agriculture noted earlier this year that almost all agricultural products traded between the United States and Canada are free of tariffs. In an interview with CBC's Power & Politics, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said supply management, which places limits on certain products, including dairy, to ensure stable prices, is a "cornerstone" Canadian economic policy that is "extremely important." Anand said that despite Trump's threats, Canada will push ahead with trying to broker a deal that's in the best interest of workers and businesses, "while at the same time ensuring we diversify our supply chains so we are never again dependent on one economy." She touted the New EU-Canada Strategic Partnership of the Future that Carney brokered with the European Union earlier this week. Trump's abrupt decision to call off negotiations may have caught Canadian officials off guard. Speaking to CBC Radio's The House hours before Trump's post, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Canada's negotiators "continue to be optimistic about the constructive tone" between the two countries. Still, Candace Laing, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, said there have been signs the "tone and tenor of talks has improved in recent months." Trump and Carney have had two friendly meetings in that time, and she hopes to see "progress continue" despite Trump's apparent attempt to derail the talks. "Negotiations go through peaks and valleys. With deadlines approaching, some last-minute surprises should be expected," Laing said.
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US stocks end up, with S&P 500 and Nasdaq records despite terminated Canada trade talks
U.S. stocks ended higher, with the broad S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq climbing to record closes on trade optimism. Sentiment was dented slightly and only briefly in the afternoon after President Donald Trump said on social media trade talks with Canada were terminated, effective immediately, over a digital services tax on U.S. tech firms. "We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period," Trump wrote. Canada is the U.S.' second largest trading partner. The blue-chip Dow closed up 1%, or 432.43 points, to 43,819.27, while the S&P 500 gained 0.52%, or 32.11 points, to 6,173.13 and the Nasdaq rose 0.52%, or 105.54 points, to 20,273.46. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq had been within striking distance of their record highs for the past couple of days but hadn't mustered enough energy to hurdle them until now. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield inched up to 4.275%. Stocks jumped at the open on trade deal optimism after Trump said the U.S. finalized a deal with China. The final China deal includes a commitment from China to deliver rare earths used in everything from wind turbines to jet planes, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Bloomberg. It also includes easier tech restrictions, said China's Ministry of Commerce. Lutnick also said the U.S. was nearing agreements with ten other trading partners. Meanwhile, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Lutnick expressed confidence a deal between the EU and U.S. coud be struck soon, according to Bloomberg. Lutnick said the EU had picked up the pace of negotiations in recent weeks. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview on Fox Business he expected trade deals with 18 key trading partners to be wrapped up by Labor Day in September, suggesting Trump's early July deadline would be extended and higher tariffs wouldn't kick in yet. Stocks also found support from economic data. Americans felt better in June than in May, according to the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment survey. Its sentiment reading rose to 16.3% to 60.7 in June from May. Most of the improvement came as people's inflation expectations fell. Before the opening bell, the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, or personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, also rose 2.3% annually, as expected. The so-called core rate excluding food and energy, rose 2.7%, slightly higher than the 2.6% mean forecast. The "inflation report shouldn't be enough to give markets a significant scare, but it probably dashes the slim hopes investors had for a July rate cut," said Bret Kenwell, U.S. investment analyst at trading platform eToro. Meanwhile PCE, a measure of consumer spending, fell 0.3% in May from the prior month after adjusting for inflation, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. That was the first decline this year. "This weakness is probably primarily just payback from the jump in spending earlier this year as consumers tried to buy goods ahead of the tariffs," said Greg Wilensky, head of U.S. fixed income and portfolio manager at Janus Henderson. "The weakness in spending was on the goods side while spending on services increased." Nike's quarterly results topped analysts' expectations but the company warned tariffs are expected to increase its costs by $1 billion this fiscal year. It said it will pass some costs on to consumers and cut costs to deal with the added expense. Its sales outlook for the first three months of its fiscal year was better than forecasts. Shares of the mega sportswear company jumped 15.19%. CorMedix plans to sell $85 million of stock in a public offering. Shares slumped 16.44%. Shares of credit bureau companies closed mixed after Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said in a social media post all credit bureaus were under review. Bakkt Holdings filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell up to $1 billion in securities to potentially buy bitcoin and other digital assets. Bitcoin last rose 0.02% to $106,975. (This story was updated with new information.) Medora Lee is a money, markets, and personal finance reporter at USA TODAY. You can reach her at mjlee@ and subscribe to our free Daily Money newsletter for personal finance tips and business news every Monday through Friday. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: S&P 500,Nasdaq hit record high although Trump ends Canada trade talks Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
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Trump says he is ending Canada trade talks amid tech tax dispute
Donald Trump has announced he is ending trade talks with Canada, one of its largest trading partners, accusing it of imposing unfair taxes on US technology companies in a 'direct and blatant attack on our country'. The news came hours after the US had announced a breakthrough in talks with China over rare-earth shipments into America, and announcements from top officials that the US would continue trade negotiations beyond a 9 July deadline set by Trump. Signs of a cooling in the trade war sent US stock markets to new highs. The US has been negotiating a trade deal with Canada, one of its top two global trading partners, for months. Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister, met Trump at the G7 summit of world leaders in Alberta earlier this month. Carney announced that Trump had agreed to 'pursue negotiations toward a deal within the coming 30 days'. But talks appear to have foundered over Canada's decision to impose a digital services tax on US technology companies. First payments on the tax are due on Monday and will cost US tech companies, including Alphabet, Amazon and Meta, an estimated $3bn. Trump wrote on Truth Social: 'We have just been informed that Canada, a very difficult Country to TRADE with, including the fact that they have charged our Farmers as much as 400% Tariffs, for years, on Dairy Products, has just announced that they are putting a Digital Services Tax on our American Technology Companies, which is a direct and blatant attack on our Country. 'They are obviously copying the European Union, which has done the same thing, and is currently under discussion with us, also. Based on this egregious Tax, we are hereby terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately. We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period. 'Thank you for your attention to this matter!'
