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August 18th - U.S. stocks closed Monday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.5%, the S&P 500 down 0.5%, and the Nasdaq Composite down 0.32%. SK Hynix (SKHY.O) rose 3%, Micron Technology (MU.O) rose 4%, SanDisk (SNDK.O) rose 8.8%, and Nike (NKE.N) fell 4%. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index closed up 0.37%, XPeng Motors (XPEV.N) rose 4%, and Miniso (MNSO.N) fell 8%.On August 18th, according to South Korean media reports, Trump, when discussing the joint US-South Korea military exercises, mentioned South Koreas defense costs and its refusal to participate in a war with Iran, expressing his dissatisfaction. He said, "South Korea has been protected by us for decades. During my first term as president, they agreed to pay nearly $3 billion a year for protection. I asked for $10 billion, and they were unhappy about that. The agreement we reached was to pay $3 billion in the short term, increase it after one year, and increase it again the following year." Trump then claimed, "I watched as Biden (former president) withdrew that $3 billion for some reason." Trump also stated, "Recently, when I spoke with the South Korean president (Lee Jae-myung) on the phone, I said, Would you be willing to offer some help? We dont need your help on Iran, but if you want to help, then help. And he said, Were not going to participate." Trump continued, "We have 39,000 US troops deployed in South Korea, and youre unwilling to help us in such an easy military operation as Iran. Its really strange."Market news: Anthropics annualized revenue surpassed $65 billion prior to its IPO.Sources familiar with the matter revealed that some North American auto industry officials believe that either option would be an improvement over the current 25% tariff imposed by the United States on Canadian cars, since the tariff rates on cars from Japan, South Korea, and the European Union are only 15%.Sources familiar with the matter revealed that U.S. officials proposed deducting only the U.S. domestic value from the 15% tariff on Canadian cars, but Canadian officials wanted to deduct all North American components.
