President Donald Trump said Washington will start sending letters to countries on Friday specifying what tariff rates they will face on imports to the United States, a clear shift from earlier pledges to strike scores of individual deals.

President Trump said Thursday his administration would begin sending letters out to other countries this week informing them of tariff rates they would have to pay to do business in the United

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The U.S. economy added 147,000 jobs in June, while the unemployment rate edged down to 4.1 %, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Why it matters: Hiring was stronger than anticipated, defying other data showing a slowing job market.