U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have announced a sweeping trade deal.

US stocks were mixed Monday and the S&P 500 was on the verge of snapping a five-day win streak as investors digested the announcement of a trade deal between Washington and Brussels. Stocks fluctuated between gains and losses Monday afternoon after President Donald Trump and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday announced a framework for a US-EU trade deal.

On Monday morning, Trump said the baseline tariff rate for the world will be “in the range of 15 to 20% ... probably one of those two numbers.” “We’re going to be setting a tariff for essentially the rest of the world,

Donald Trump has returned to his golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, for a round before discussing trade with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen.

Who pays for these tariffs? Most economists reckon that ordinary Americans will lose out, as prices in shops rise. Mr Trump and his coterie, by contrast, blithely insist that the rest of the world will shoulder the load by cutting their selling prices.