Gaza: le Hamas discute de “propositions” après des pressions de Trump pour un cessez-le-feu

Le mouvement palestinien Hamas a annoncé mercredi étudier des “propositions” en vue d’un cessez-le-feu à Gaza, après que le président américain Donald Trump a dit qu’Israël était favorable à une trêve de deux mois.Le chef de la diplomatie israélienne, Gideon Saar, a de son côté appelé à ne pas “manquer” une occasion de libérer les derniers otages retenus dans le territoire palestinien ravagé par 21 mois de guerre.Selon une source palestinienne proche des négociations, les “propositions” reçues des médiateurs égyptiens et qataris mentionnent une trêve de 60 jours pendant laquelle seraient libérés la moitié des otages israéliens encore vivants en échange d'”un certain nombre de prisonniers” palestiniens.M. Saar a estimé qu’une “large majorité au sein du gouvernement et de la population [était] favorable au plan de libération des otages”, sans donner plus de détails sur ce plan. “Si l’occasion se présente, il ne faut pas la manquer”. Donald Trump a assuré mardi qu’Israël avait accepté de finaliser les termes d’un cessez-le-feu de deux mois à Gaza et a exhorté le Hamas à l’accepter. Pourtant, aucune piste tangible n’a encore émergé des tractations et l’horizon d’une fin des combats suscite des débats en Israël, des ministres d’extrême droite s’y opposant tant que le Hamas est toujours actif.”Nous n’avons qu’un mot à leur dire ce matin: honte!”, a taclé le Forum des familles, principale association de proches des otages retenus à Gaza, et fer de lance de la mobilisation pour exiger du gouvernement un accord pour leur libération.Pour Nadav Miran, frère de l’otage Omri Miran et membre du Forum de l’espoir, qui regroupe des proches d’otages opposés aux négociations avec le Hamas, un accord partiel “n’assurerait pas le retour de tous les otages (…), il faut les ramener tous en une fois”.- Mort du directeur d’un hôpital -La guerre à Gaza a été déclenchée par l’attaque sans précédent sur Israël lancée le 7 octobre 2023 par le Hamas. Sur les 251 personnes enlevées ce jour-là, 49 sont toujours retenues à Gaza, dont 27 déclarées mortes par l’armée israélienne.A Gaza, 33 personnes ont été tuées mercredi dans des frappes et des tirs de l’armée israélienne, a déclaré à l’AFP Mahmoud Bassal, porte-parole de la Défense civile locale.Neuf Palestiniens ont été tués dans deux frappes aériennes nocturnes, l’une dans la ville de Gaza (nord) et l’autre à al-Mawasi (sud), selon cet organisme de premiers secours.Après le lever du jour, cinq personnes, dont au moins deux enfants, ont été tuées dans une attaque israélienne au drone sur une maison située près de Deir al-Balah (centre), selon la même source.Dans la journée, M. Bassal a également fait état de sept morts dans une frappe israélienne sur un appartement à Gaza-ville, dont le directeur d’un hôpital, le Dr Marouane Al-Sultan.L’armée israélienne a annoncé avoir intercepté en fin de journée, au-dessus du sol israélien, deux “projectiles” en provenance de la bande de Gaza, ainsi que la mort au combat d’un de ses soldats, âgé de 19 ans.Elle a indiqué cette semaine avoir élargi ses opérations à Gaza, où elle dit vouloir “démanteler les capacités militaires du Hamas en réponse aux attaques sauvages” du mouvement palestinien.- Enfants en sang -Dans la journée, plus d’une centaine de personnes se sont rassemblées dans la cour de l’hôpital Nasser de Khan Younès (sud) avant l’inhumation des cinq membres de la famille Abou Taimeh, tués quelques heures plus tôt. A l’intérieur de l’établissement, qui ne fonctionne plus que partiellement en raison de pénuries, plusieurs enfants couverts de sang sont pris en charge.Pendant ce temps, dans la zone d’al-Mawasi, des passants regardent stupéfaits ce qui reste d’une tente visée par une frappe israélienne.Y vivaient certains des blessés conduits à l’hôpital, comme de nombreux Gazaouis qui, contraints de quitter leur logement à cause de la guerre, peuplent des camps de fortune.Il ne reste plus qu’un amas de casseroles et de couvertures, et encore du sang au sol.L’attaque du 7-Octobre a entraîné côté israélien la mort de 1.219 personnes, en majorité des civils, selon un décompte de l’AFP réalisé à partir de données officielles.Plus de 57.012 Palestiniens, majoritairement des civils, ont été tués dans la campagne de représailles militaires israéliennes sur la bande de Gaza, selon des données du ministère de la Santé du gouvernement du Hamas pour Gaza, jugées fiables par l’ONU.

La Bourse de Paris termine en hausse sur une note d’optimisme

La Bourse de Paris a terminé en hausse mercredi, sur un petit rebond technique, et profité également d’un regain d’optimisme côté guerre commerciale, les investisseurs anticipant un rallongement de la suspension des droits de douane.L’indice vedette de la Bourse de Paris, le CAC 40, a gagné 0,99%, soit 75,83 points, pour s’établir à 7.738,42 points. La veille, l’indice vedette parisien était resté sans changement à la clôture (-0,04%).Les marchés d’actions “remontent à cause de facteurs techniques”, commente Christopher Dembik, conseiller en investissement pour Pictet AM interrogé par l’AFP.”Beaucoup d’investisseurs sont acheteurs d’actions des deux cotés de l’Atlantique” en raison “des niveaux de valorisations attrayants” et du “peu de risques à l’horizon”, poursuit-il. Et ce malgré l’approche 9 juillet, la date butoir fixée par Donald Trump pour trouver un accord entre les Etats-Unis et ses partenaires commerciaux sur les droits de douane.Le président américain a d’ailleurs annoncé mercredi avoir conclu un accord avec le Vietnam exemptant de droits de douane les produits américains, alors que les exportations vietnamiennes seront elles frappées par au moins 20% de surtaxe aux Etats-Unis. Le Vietnam risquait une surtaxe de 46%.En ce qui concerne l’Europe, “le pari du marché est de se dire qu’il y a peu de raisons de paniquer” et de tabler sur une extension du délai accordé pour les négociations, affirme M. Dembik.Les Bourses profitent aussi indirectement d’un indicateur décevant côté Etats-Unis, avec la perte surprise de plusieurs milliers d’emplois dans le secteur privé en juin selon l’enquête mensuelle ADP, alors que les analystes s’attendaient au contraire à une réaccélération des embauches.En effet, “les fantasmes sur les taux d’intérêt sont ravivés et donnent à la Réserve fédérale américaine une plus grande marge de manœuvre” pour baisser ses taux, note Andreas Lipkow, analyste indépendant.Worldline passé au cribleLes dirigeants du spécialiste du paiement Worldline, chahuté en Bourse la semaine dernière en raison de soupçons de transactions frauduleuses, ont annoncé le lancement d’audits externes, dans un entretien publié mardi sur le site des Echos. Le groupe va “passer au scanner tout (son) portefeuille d’activités les plus risquées d’ici à fin juillet”, a indiqué son directeur général, Pierre-Antoine Vacheron, au quotidien économique. Mercredi à la Bourse de Paris, l’action Worldline s’est octroyée 5,84% à 3,93 euros.

Trump says Vietnam to face 20% tariff under ‘great’ deal

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he had struck a trade deal with Vietnam under which the country would face a minimum 20 percent tariff and open its market to US products.The deal comes less than a week before Trump’s self-imposed July 9 deadline for steeper tariffs on US trade partners to take effect if agreements are not reached.Shares in clothing companies and sport equipment manufacturers — which have a large footprint in Vietnam — rose on the news, but later declined sharply after the president released details including the continued tariffs, which were higher than expected.If confirmed, the terms of the agreement will significantly increase the price of shoes and clothing that Vietnam exports to the United States, but Hanoi escapes the threat of the more severe 46 percent tariff threatened by Trump in April.”It is my Great Honor to announce that I have just made a Trade Deal with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam after speaking with To Lam, the Highly Respected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.He said that under the “Great Deal of Cooperation,” imports of Vietnamese goods will face a 20 percent US tariff, while goods that pass through Vietnam to circumvent steeper trade barriers — so-called “transshipping” — will see a 40 percent tariff.- ‘Total Access’ -Trump’s trade advisor Peter Navarro has called Vietnam a “colony of China,” saying that one third of Vietnamese products are in fact relabelled Chinese goods.Trump said that “in return, Vietnam will do something that they have never done before, give the United States of America TOTAL ACCESS to their Markets for Trade,” he said.”In other words, they will ‘OPEN THEIR MARKET TO THE UNITED STATES,’ meaning that we will be able to sell our product into Vietnam at ZERO Tariff.”The president said he believed US-made SUVs, “which do so well in the United States, will be a wonderful addition to the various product lines within Vietnam.”In a government statement, Vietnam confirmed that negotiating teams had come to an agreement to address the reciprocal tariff issue, but did not detail any tariff terms.Trump “affirmed that the US will significantly reduce reciprocal taxes for many Vietnamese export goods and will continue to cooperate with Vietnam in resolving difficulties affecting bilateral trade relations, especially in areas prioritized by both sides,” the statement said.Trump’s announcement comes a week before the threatened US reimposition of steep tariffs on dozens of economies, including the European Union and Japan, many of which are still scrambling to reach deals that would protect them from the measures.Those higher tariffs are part of a package Trump initially imposed in April, citing a lack of “reciprocity” in trading relationships, before announcing a temporary lowering to 10 percent.Without a deal, Vietnam’s “reciprocal tariff” would have risen from the baseline 10 percent to 46 percent.Since April, Washington had so far only announced a pact with Britain and a deal to temporarily lower retaliatory duties with China.Both involve the United States maintaining some of Trump’s tariffs on the trading partners.The terms of the UK deal are more narrowly focused than those announced by Trump with Vietnam, with London and Washington agreeing to cut US tariffs on cars from 27.5 percent to 10 percent, with a limit of 100,000 vehicles a year.It also fully eliminated the 10 percent tariff on goods such as engines and aircraft parts. In return, Britain agreed to further open its market to US ethanol and beef.

Trump says Vietnam to face 20% tariff under ‘great’ deal

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he had struck a trade deal with Vietnam under which the country would face a minimum 20 percent tariff and open its market to US products.The deal comes less than a week before Trump’s self-imposed July 9 deadline for steeper tariffs on US trade partners to take effect if agreements are not reached.Shares in clothing companies and sport equipment manufacturers — which have a large footprint in Vietnam — rose on the news, but later declined sharply after the president released details including the continued tariffs, which were higher than expected.If confirmed, the terms of the agreement will significantly increase the price of shoes and clothing that Vietnam exports to the United States, but Hanoi escapes the threat of the more severe 46 percent tariff threatened by Trump in April.”It is my Great Honor to announce that I have just made a Trade Deal with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam after speaking with To Lam, the Highly Respected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.He said that under the “Great Deal of Cooperation,” imports of Vietnamese goods will face a 20 percent US tariff, while goods that pass through Vietnam to circumvent steeper trade barriers — so-called “transshipping” — will see a 40 percent tariff.- ‘Total Access’ -Trump’s trade advisor Peter Navarro has called Vietnam a “colony of China,” saying that one third of Vietnamese products are in fact relabelled Chinese goods.Trump said that “in return, Vietnam will do something that they have never done before, give the United States of America TOTAL ACCESS to their Markets for Trade,” he said.”In other words, they will ‘OPEN THEIR MARKET TO THE UNITED STATES,’ meaning that we will be able to sell our product into Vietnam at ZERO Tariff.”The president said he believed US-made SUVs, “which do so well in the United States, will be a wonderful addition to the various product lines within Vietnam.”In a government statement, Vietnam confirmed that negotiating teams had come to an agreement to address the reciprocal tariff issue, but did not detail any tariff terms.Trump “affirmed that the US will significantly reduce reciprocal taxes for many Vietnamese export goods and will continue to cooperate with Vietnam in resolving difficulties affecting bilateral trade relations, especially in areas prioritized by both sides,” the statement said.Trump’s announcement comes a week before the threatened US reimposition of steep tariffs on dozens of economies, including the European Union and Japan, many of which are still scrambling to reach deals that would protect them from the measures.Those higher tariffs are part of a package Trump initially imposed in April, citing a lack of “reciprocity” in trading relationships, before announcing a temporary lowering to 10 percent.Without a deal, Vietnam’s “reciprocal tariff” would have risen from the baseline 10 percent to 46 percent.Since April, Washington had so far only announced a pact with Britain and a deal to temporarily lower retaliatory duties with China.Both involve the United States maintaining some of Trump’s tariffs on the trading partners.The terms of the UK deal are more narrowly focused than those announced by Trump with Vietnam, with London and Washington agreeing to cut US tariffs on cars from 27.5 percent to 10 percent, with a limit of 100,000 vehicles a year.It also fully eliminated the 10 percent tariff on goods such as engines and aircraft parts. In return, Britain agreed to further open its market to US ethanol and beef.

Wall Street shrugs off drop US private sector jobs

Wall Street on Wednesday largely shrugged off data showing an unexpected drop in US private sector jobs and US President Donald Trump ruling out a fresh tariffs delay.Meanwhile, the pound fell around one percent against the dollar amid speculation about the future of British finance minister Rachel Reeves.The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were both higher in late morning trading despite data showing the US private sector unexpectedly losing 33,000 jobs in June, a potential sign of labour market weakness due to the prospect of high tariffs on key US trading partners snapping into place next week.It was the first such decline in recent years, in data that will be scrutinised ahead of government data on the US jobs market due to be released on Thursday.A week before the 90-day pause on the imposition of stiff new US tariffs ends, few governments have struck deals to avert the levies, though White House officials say several are in the pipeline.And while the administration had set July 9 as the deadline to finalise pacts, investors largely expect that to be pushed back or countries given extra time.However, the president said Tuesday he was “not thinking about the pause” and again warned he would end negotiations or hike some duties.”While markets suspect another last-minute climbdown, any renewed trade tension still poses a headwind for the dollar,” said Fawad Razaqzada, market analyst with City Index and FOREX.com.Investors were also tracking Trump’s signature budget bill, which faces an uncertain final vote in the US House of Representatives.Optimism over an extension to deep tax cuts has been offset by concerns it add around $3 trillion to the US national debt.In Europe, London’s FTSE-100 ended the day down 0.1 percent and the pound lost around one percent against the dollar on speculation over the future of British finance minister Rachel Reeves.Reeves appeared visibly upset in parliament a day after Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government U-turned over key welfare reforms, wiping out a multibillion-pound boost to public finances and triggering speculation that she could lose her job.”The prospect of political turmoil is causing bond yields to rise. The market is pricing in the possibility of a replacement chancellor with a more left-leaning agenda, which is spooking the bond market and waking up the bond vigilantes from their slumber,” said Kathleen Brooks, research director at XTB.Brooks added that axing Reeves would be “a strange choice” from a market perspective.Oil prices rose around one percent as crude-producer Iran suspended cooperation with the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, days after a ceasefire in a war that saw Israeli and US strikes on nuclear sites in the Islamic republic.On the corporate front Wednesday, shares in Tesla rose 4.4 percent despite reporting another hefty drop, of 13.5 percent, in auto sales, extending a difficult period amid intensifying electric vehicle competition and backlash over CEO Elon Musk’s political activities.- Key figures at around 1530 GMT -New York – Dow: FLAT at 44,508.53 pointsNew York – S&P 500: UP 0.2 percent at 6,210.65New York – Nasdaq: UP 0.7 percent at 20,340.77London – FTSE 100: DOWN 0.1 percent at 8,774.69 (close)Paris – CAC 40: UP 1.0 percent at 7,738.42 (close)Frankfurt – DAX: UP 0.5 percent at 23,790.11 (close)Tokyo – Nikkei 225: DOWN 0.6 percent at 39,762.48 (close)Hong Kong – Hang Seng Index: UP 0.6 percent at 24,221.41 (close)Shanghai – Composite: DOWN 0.1 percent at 3,454.79 (close)Euro/dollar: DOWN at $1.1783 from $1.1806 on TuesdayPound/dollar: DOWN at $1.3614 from $1.3740Dollar/yen: UP at 143.85 yen from 143.41 yenEuro/pound: UP at 86.53 pence from 85.87 penceBrent North Sea Crude: UP 1.0 percent at $67.77 per barrelWest Texas Intermediate: UP 0.8 percent at $65.98 per barrelburs-rl/cw