I smell risk-off sentiment brewing.
"European firms that cut ties with Iran over new US sanctions which kicked in at Midnight might find themselves subject to sanctions of their own, warned an EU official.*
“If EU companies abide by U.S. secondary sanctions they will, in turn, be sanctioned by the EU," Nathalie Tocci, an aide to the EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, told BBC Radio 4 on Monday, according to*NBC News."
The previous outbursts between the EU and Trump have been over tariffs. Today Trump tweeted this:
"Anyone doing business with Iran will NOT be doing business with the United States,"*
This is also inbound
"USTR says US will begin to collect the additional duties of 25% on China imports on Aug 23"
And guess what, China trade data due in the am.