--- title: "Global news you need to know before the U.S. stock market opens on Wednesday" description: "The U.S. Trade Representative continues to advance the U.S.-China Phase One trade agreement 301 investigation, with Trump stating that tariffs boost the stock market. The global import tariff rate imp" type: "news" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/276898120.md" published_at: "2026-02-25T13:59:33.000Z" --- # Global news you need to know before the U.S. stock market opens on Wednesday > The U.S. Trade Representative continues to advance the U.S.-China Phase One trade agreement 301 investigation, with Trump stating that tariffs boost the stock market. The global import tariff rate imposed by the U.S. on certain countries may reach 15%. Traders are reducing bets on Federal Reserve rate cuts, believing there is a 50% probability of a 25 basis point cut in June. Japanese long-term bond yields soar, and SK Hynix announces a $15 billion investment plan. The U.S. and U.K. restart work on a technology agreement, Zimbabwe suspends lithium ore exports, and U.S. lithium stocks strengthen. OPEC+ is expected to resume moderate production increases The U.S. Trade Representative stated that it will continue to advance the Section 301 investigation into the status of the U.S.-China Phase One trade agreement, and the Ministry of Commerce responded. Trump's State of the Union Address: "Tariffs boosted the stock market," large tech companies need to build their own power plants, and legislation should prohibit lawmakers from trading stocks. According to CCTV, the U.S. Trade Representative: The "global import tariffs" imposed on some countries by the U.S. may reach 15%. Traders reduced bets on interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, believing there is a 50% chance of a 25 basis point cut in June. Japanese long-term bond yields soared collectively! High-ranking official Saemaeul nominated more inflationists to join the central bank's policy committee. Is the Feynman architecture coming? NVIDIA's GTC conference may debut the 1.6nm chip. According to the Financial Times, the U.S. and the U.K. have preliminarily restarted work related to the technology agreement. Zimbabwe has suspended the export of lithium concentrate and raw ore, and U.S. lithium stocks strengthened before the market opened. According to Bloomberg, OPEC+ representatives expect the organization to resume moderate production increases. For two consecutive years of growth! The number of newborns in South Korea last year increased by 6.8% year-on-year, the largest increase in fifteen years. Former Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda called for interest rate hikes and tightening fiscal policy. SK Hynix announced a $15 billion investment plan for its new factory in Yongin, with the first cleanroom going into production ahead of schedule. Awaiting NVIDIA's earnings report, U.S. tech stocks rose slightly before the market opened, the STOXX 600 index in Europe continued to hit new highs, spot gold rose more than 1% at one point, spot silver rose more than 4% at one point, and the renminbi reached a new high since April 2023. 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