MNI POLITICAL RISK - Trump Taps Loyalist Miran For Fed

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Executive summary:

• President Donald Trump will sign a peace accord with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. 
• Trump nominated CEA Chair Stephen Miran to fill the Federal Reserve Board of Governors seat vacated by Adriana Krugler.
• Trump signed two banking and finance-related Executive Orders yesterday. Trump called on Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to resign, citing controversy over his investments in China. 
• USTR Jamieson Greer penned an op-ed detailing the rationale for the Trump administration’s trade policy.
• The Trump administration delivered another blow to Switzerland by imposing tariffs on one-kilo gold bars.
• An underreported decision by OMB Director Russ Vought to replace the US Chief Statistician could further undermine confidence in the government’s economic data.
• The US will end 'tariff stacking' on Japan and cut auto levies. India has paused plans to buy US weapons and aircraft.
• Trump called for a new census that would exclude undocumented immigrants from its count, escalating a partisan arms race over Congressional maps.  
• Trump indicated he is willing to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin without Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy present.  
• The US will not intervene in an Israeli plan to occupy the entire Gaza Strip.
• The US has issued new sanctions targeting Iran's banking and oil sectors.
• Poll of the Day: Favourability of Democrats hits a low not seen for either party since 1992. 

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