Live updates: Senate votes to terminate Trump’s Canada tariffs; Xi meeting underway
President Trump is meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea on the last leg of his Asia trip this week.
The two leaders posed for photos then made brief remarks during a bilateral meeting with staff in which they both expressed warmer relations between their two nations.
Earlier Wednesday evening, the Senate voted to repeal President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Canada, after the upper chamber passed a similar resolution on Brazil the day prior.
A handful of Senate Republicans voted with Democrats on Wednesday’s symbolic bill, which passed 50-46. Trump’s trade spat with Canada escalated earlier this week after he hiked tariffs by an additional 10 percent over an ad featuring former President Reagan.
The measures targeting Canadian and Brazilian tariffs are unlikely to be brought to the House floor for a vote.
The Federal Reserve also on Wednesday announced a small interest rate cut as the government shutdown hit its 29th day. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has taken center stage, with benefits set to run out Nov. 1 amid the funding stalemate.
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