Economic Indicators

Pompeo asks Iowa farmers to stand firm with Trump on trade

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was on a trade mission Monday to persuade Iowa farmers struggling to survive low commodity prices and tariffs that have hurt sales to stand firm with President Donald Trump and his efforts to negotiate better trade deals.

Business Highlights

___ UK auto industry under siege as Brexit pressure escalates LONDON (AP) — Britain's auto industry is under siege while the government struggles to negotiate a divorce deal with the European Union.

Trump symbolically tightens embargo on Cuba

U.S. officials say the Trump administration is preparing to tighten the six-decade trade embargo on Cuba on Monday by allowing some lawsuits against foreign companies using properties confiscated by the Cuban government after its 1959 revolution.