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10:17 EDT Week in review: How Trump's policies moved stocks - Catch up on the top industries and stocks that were impacted, or were predicted to be impacted, by the comments, actions and policies of President Trump and his administration with this weekly recap compiled by The Fly: 1. G7 TRADE TALKS: President Donald Trump, heading into this weekend's meeting of the Group of Seven industrialized nations, has signaled his intention to continue pursuing an aggressive trade agenda even if it comes at the expense of the country's standing in the world, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The immediate focus of the talks - which include Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S. - will be the Trump administration's decision last week to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from fellow G-7 countries. Publicly traded stocks in the metals space include US Steel (X), AK Steel (AKS), Nucor (NUE), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Alcoa (AA), Century Aluminum (CENX), and Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF). 2. ZTE SETTLEMENT DEAL: Speaking on CNBC on Thursday, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross confirmed that the U.S. and China have reached a deal that will allow ZTE Corp. (ZTCOY) to continue to do business, requiring it to pay a $1B fine and place U.S. monitors in the company. Among the suppliers to ZTE are Acacia Communications (ACIA) and Oclaro (OCLR). Meanwhile, China is reportedly prepared to sign off on Qualcomm's (QCOM) deal to buy NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) in the wake of the resolution of the enforcement action on China's ZTE, according to The Wall Street Journal, which quoted sources saying the Qualcomm-NXP deal "should be cleared very soon" after Chinese regulators had been working with Qualcomm's legal department. 3. TWITTER RULING: President Donald Trump and one of his top aides appealed a federal court ruling that said the president was violating the constitutional rights of individuals he has blocked from viewing his personal Twitter (TWTR) feed, according to Politico. Three Justice Department officials filed notice of their appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on behalf of Trump and Dan Scavino, the White House social media director, the report added. 4. U.S. FARMERS: President Trump tweeted on Monday, "Farmers have not been doing well for 15 years. Mexico, Canada, China and others have treated them unfairly. By the time I finish trade talks, that will change. Big trade barriers against U.S. farmers, and other businesses, will finally be broken. Massive trade deficits no longer!" Publicly traded companies in the agriculture space include Agrium (AGU), Andersons (ANDE), Archer Daniels (ADM), Bunge (BG), CF Industries (CF), Compass Minerals (CMP), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Monsanto (MON), Mosaic (MOS), Potash (POT) and Syngenta (SYT). "Week in Review" is The Fly's weekly recap of its recurring series of "Trump Effect" exclusive stories.
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