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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado met today with President Trump at the White House, and she presented her Nobel Peace Prize to the president.

Here is Machado speaking earlier to reporters.

I presented the president of the United States the medal 200 years ago, General Lafayette.

gave Simon Bolivar a medal as a sign of the brotherhood between the United States, people of the United States and the people of Venezuela in their fight for freedom against tyranny.

That is Maria Carino Machado, the opposition leader of Venezuela.

And she went on to say that Venezuelans are counting on President Trump for the country's freedom.

The meeting comes as U.S.

forces seized a sixth oil tanker near Venezuela earlier today.

The U.S.

and Taiwan have agreed to a trade deal.

It will lower tariffs to 15 percent from the previous 20 percent, and U.S.

tariffs on goods from Taiwan are now on par with both Japan and South Korea.

Also, as a part of this deal, Taiwan semiconductor companies will make at least $250 billion in direct investments toward American energy and artificial intelligence operations.

Here is Bloomberg's Michael Shepard.

That is Bloomberg's Michael Shepard.