Trump Floats Blanket Tariff Rate of 10% or 15% for 150 Countries
Trump Floats Blanket Tariff Rate of 10% or 15% for 150 Countries  
Podcast: WSJ What’s News
Published On: Thu Jul 17 2025
Description: A.M. Edition for July 17. The dollar rises on President Trump’s latest tariff threat to notify as many as 150 nations about unilateral levies. Plus, Canadian convenience store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard abandons a $47 billion bid to buy Japanese 7-Eleven operator Seven & i. And WSJ’s Eliot Brown says some Trump administration officials are holding up a landmark deal that would allow the United Arab Emirates to buy billions of dollars in Nvidia’s cutting-edge artificial-intelligence chips over national-security concerns. Azhar Sukri hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices