January 22, Wednesday

High-Level Voices:
• U.S. President Trump signed an executive order requiring the short-video social media platform TikTok to have a "sell or ban" law not enforced for the next 75 days.

Overall Sentiment:
• Yesterday, Trump announced a series of new policy measures upon taking office, which relieved domestic concerns as no specific tariffs on certain countries were mentioned.
• Overall, Trump's policy measures appear quite aggressive, with direct impacts in specific areas. He announced plans during his term to land on Mars, reclaim the Panama Canal, and withdraw from international organizations like the Paris Agreement and the WHO.
• U.S. stocks and the U.S. dollar index rose together.