[1인치 영어] Senate Battle Looms~

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Senate Battle Looms Over Big Beautiful Bill (WSJ. 20250630)

The Senate is readying for battle today over President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, which Republicans narrowly advanced over the weekend. A vote-a-rama is scheduled to begin in the chamber this morning in which lawmakers can propose unlimited amendments leading to hours of potential voting. Even if the Senate passes the bill, getting the measure to Trump by Republicans Friday deadline will still require another potentially difficult vote in the house. Stock futures are gaining after Canada announced late last night that it's dropping a digital services tax on American tech companies, and that trade talks with the US will resume on July 21st. That's after President Trump said on Friday that the US was walking away from discussions. Canada's finance department was set to collect billions of dollars from US tech companies beginning today with a 3% tax on revenue for selling digital services to Canadians and sales of Canadian user data. The White House didn't immediately respond for comment. And despite reaching a trade agreement with the US earlier this month, China's manufacturing activity is continuing to decline with the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index for June remaining in contraction territory despite improving from May. The world's second-largest economy began to lose momentum three months ago when President Trump introduced sweeping tariffs.

트럼프가 추진하는 법안(Big Beautiful Bill)이 상원 표결 과정을 거치는 중임. 표결마라톤(Vote-a-Rama)을 통해 의원들은 무제한으로 수정안을 제시하고 표결에 부칠 예정임. 상원에서 통과하더라도 하원에서 통과될지 의문임. 한편, 캐나다가 미국 테크 기업에 대한 디지털세(매출의 3%)를 철회한다고 발표하면서 주식 선물이 상승함. 철회 전에 트럼프가 캐나다와 협상을 중단하겠다고 언급했음. 한편, 미국과 중국이 무역 합의에 서명했음에도 불구하고 중국의 제조업 구매관리자지수(PMI)가 위축 국면을 보이며, 제조업 활동이 계속 감소하고 있음. 중국 경제는 트럼프가 전면적인 관세를 도입하면서 모멘텀을 잃기 시작함