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According to sources close to the issue, Carney will abolish 25% taxes on US goods that meet the standards of the USMCA Free Trade Agreement signed by the US, Mexico and Canada. However, Ottawa will maintain 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum, as well as on cars.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has hinted at the first reduction in the Trump era, while the New York Stock Exchange has risen.

However, the judges maintain the precautionary measures imposed by the Trump Organization to "limit the business culture". He is accused of swelling the estate with the aim of obtaining loans favorable and other financial benefits.

In a place and a day yet to be determined, the rendezvous seems increasingly feasible, as both leaders may meet in Geneva or Budapest. In this context, Europe is working to impose new sanctions on Russia.

After this possible bilateral meeting, the US president would also join the talks. Zelenski has offered Trump to buy weapons worth EUR 77 billion in exchange for providing security guarantees for Ukraine. 

The US president, who will call Putin after Monday's meeting, has been optimistic about the possibility of Putin and the presidents of Russia and Ukraine holding a tripartite meeting.

"If all goes well, I think we're going to have a trialogue, and with that I think there's going to be a reasonable chance to end the war," Trump stressed to Zelensky, who said Ukraine is "ready" for a trialogue. "I think we've shown that we're strong people and that we support the idea of the US and President Trump himself to stop the war," he said.

Zelensky, together with European and NATO leaders, will meet with Trump. The US president says the war could end "almost immediately" if Ukraine rejects Crimea and NATO.

This will be one of the issues that Trump and Zelensky will address at Monday's summit.

Ukraine's president has stressed the importance of a common front for "just peace."

According to the British Financial Times, the meeting will be conditioned by Russia's demands, Donetsk and Lugansk, to secure a peace agreement.

Leaders Von der Leyen, Macron, Meloni, Merz, Starmer, Stubb and Tusk have expressed this after the summit between Trump and Putin.

In this context, Trump and Zelensky will meet on Monday at A0Washington to discuss all the details of the summit in Alaska. 

Donald Trump is meeting Vladimir Putin in Alaska today at a meeting full of doubts: the US president avoided criticizing the Russian leader in the past and has hardened his speech in recent months, but doubts remain whether he will maintain that firmness or seek a rapprochement with Moscow.

The US president has said there is a 25% chance that the meeting will not succeed, while the Kremlin has warned that no formal agreement is expected to be signed.

Friday's meeting comes surrounded by uncertainty: Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski will not intervene and little progress is expected for a ceasefire or peace process.

According to Macron, the US president has confirmed by videoconference that NATO will not be involved in Ukraine's security guarantees. Moreover, the French president has explained that Trump has assured them that only Zelensky will negotiate the territories that Ukraine is supposed to cede to Russia.

"The citizens of Ukraine must be free to decide their future. The path of peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine." They warn that a ceasefire is essential for any progress.