President Trump announced that letters regarding upcoming trade deals, including one with India, would be sent out starting Monday. These actions prec

Trump has said that letters about new trade deals will start going out this week, as a key deadline for tariff relief approaches on July 9. He warned that higher import duties could take effect if agreements aren’t reached soon.

Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market value, gained over 1%, briefly topping $109,000. Payments-focused XRP and Solana's SOL token gained over 2% each, with meme token dogecoin (DOGE) rising 3%, according to data source CoinDesk. Ethereum's ether, the second-largest token, rose 1.5% to $2,550.

An interim trade deal between India and the US is expected to be signed in the next 2-3 days, sources told Fortune India. As part of the negotiations, India has pressed for safeguards to labour-intensive segments of the economy, sources said. India is unlikely to offer full market access in agriculture, dairy to US firms, they said.

Vietnam rushed to meet the July 9 trade deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump, hoping to escape a round of harsh reciprocal tariffs. But that early move

Indian farmers' organizations are requesting the government to exclude agriculture from the proposed India-US trade deal, fearing it could harm local farming interests.