MNI POLITICAL RISK - US & China Talk Export Controls In London

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• President Donald Trump returns to the White House today after huddling with military leaders in Camp David to discuss protests in Los Angeles.
• Trump ordered at least 2,000 National Guard troops to be deployed in Los Angeles to quell protests against Trump’s deportation programme. White House policy advisor Stephen Miller characterised the protests as “an insurrection against the laws and sovereignty of the United States.”
• US and Chinese trade teams will resume negotiations in London today, after the tariff deal agreed in Geneva last month derailed amid accusations from both sides that supply chain controls were in contravention of the agreement.
• The US team in London includes the two principals from previous talks in Geneva - Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and USTR Jamieson Greer - and has been expanded to include Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, whose Commerce Department has purview over export controls.
• Senate Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo (R-ID) is expected to brief Republican Senators midweek on his plans for the stickiest items in the GOP’s “One Big Beautiful” reconciliation bill. 
• The House Rules Committee is expected to meet on Tuesday to vote on discharging the White House’s first rescissions package to the House floor. 
• Iran is expected to present a nuclear proposal to the US in the coming days.
• Poll of the Day: Elon Musk has “already lost his war against Trump,” according to polling data.

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