It took far longer and several false starts, but the U.S. and Mexico on Monday finally signed amendments to a sugar deal brokered between the two countries, the Commerce Department announced.
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Fed leader Yellen testifies before Congress; President Trump is in France. House action on FY 2018 spending bills, including agriculture and immigration enforcement funding. Health-care reform still a Senate focus.
U.S. employers accelerated their pace of hiring in June, a sign of labor market growth eight years into the economic expansion, but wage growth numbers disappointed.
