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The Supreme Court refused to put a challenge to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on an ultrafast track.

The administration is pressing ahead with another tariff barrage that some experts say is more legally sound than country-by-country duties and may end up having an equally broad effect.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada and the U.S. are aiming to strike a trade deal within a month, a goal set during a meeting with President Donald Trump at the Group of Seven summit.

United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed June 16 to implement a trade deal announced last month, with one notable exception.

As the G7 summit begins in Canada, the U.S. has hit several nations with tariffs, there is little progress in settling wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and a new conflict involves Israel and Iran.

Nippon Steel won conditional U.S. approval for its $14.1 billion purchase of U.S. Steel, capping a lengthy saga in a tie-up that will create one of the world’s largest steel companies.

The drop in port activity came as importers and retailers — especially those with business in China — grappled with the uncertainty of Trump’s trade war.

The Labor Department reported June 12 that its producer price index rose 2.6% in May. Producer prices rose 0.1% from April to May after dropping 0.2% the month before.

The IMF is seeing signs that the rise in trade and activity to front-run President Donald Trump’s tariffs is beginning to unwind as the global economy still faces heightened uncertainty.

After fresh negotiations in London, tariff rates remain essentially unchanged. Rare earth shipments from China are set to return to pre-April 2 conditions.