[1인치 영어] Senate Battle Looms~
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Senate Battle Looms Over Big Beautiful Bill (WSJ. 20250701)
Investors are eyeing the wrangling in Washington over President Trump's fiscal mega-bill. Senate Republicans trudged through an overnight marathon session aiming to pass the Big, Beautiful Bill and move the legislation toward Trump's desk ahead of a Friday deadline. As of the publication of this podcast, the final vote was yet to come sending stock futures lower after both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite ended Monday at record highs. Asian markets have ended the day mixed, even though Japan's Nikkei slid more than a percent following a social media post by Trump in which the president threatened higher tariffs on Tokyo. Negotiations for a deal to lower reciprocal tariffs before July 9th appear to be stalling with Japan's prime minister standing firm on the country's priorities ahead of a national election later this month. Japan's auto sector is particularly exposed to the US's 25% tariffs, which have already dented growth in the export-driven economy. And lawmakers in California have voted to roll back one of the country's strongest environmental laws in a bid to kick-start new housing projects. Governor Gavin Newsom blamed the previous law for blocking development and reducing affordability, saying that abuses of the law had spread so widely that opponents used it to block some bicycle lane expansions in San Francisco. Environmentalists have warned that developers will now go unchecked. California is the least affordable state in the US and home to nine of the 10 most unaffordable cities in the country.
투자자들이 트럼프가 추진하는 법안의 논쟁을 주목하고 있음. 현재 상원에서 표결마라톤 중임. 한편, 일본 증시는 트럼프가 소셜미디어를 통해 추가 관세에 대한 위협을 하면서 하락함. 상호관세 인하를 위한 협상은 월말에 있는 일본 총선을 앞두고 지연되고 있음. 미국은 일본 자동차에 대해 25%를 부과했는데 이로써 수출이 견인하는 일본 경제가 타격을 받음. 한편, 미 캘리포니아 주 의회가 주택 개발을 위해 엄격한 환경법을 철회하기로 결정함. 캘리포니아 주지사는 환경법 때문에 주택 개발이 금지되어 주택 가격이 상승했다고 언급함. 또한 환경법을 악용해 자전거 도로 확장도 하지 못하고 있다고 덧붙임. 환경주의자들은 이제 개발이 과열될 것이라고 경고함. 캘리포니아는 미국에서 가장 집값이 비싸며 미국 내 가장 비싼 도시 10곳 중 9곳이 있음
