Reuters headline on a White House statement:

  • Trump to sign executive order Tuesday on environmental reviews and permitting for infrastructure projects

nothng further at this stage, but its helping US equity futures on Globex

More now;

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday "establishing discipline and accountability in the environmental review and permitting process for infrastructure projects"

  • Will also participate in a discussion on infrastructure and give a statement on the subject at 3:45 p.m

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Meanwhile, AUD, NZD booth a few ticks higher and the yen is lower following the news out of North Korea earlier: WSJ: North Korea has decided not to launch a threatened missile attack on Guam