{"id":223181,"date":"2025-05-01T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/?p=223181"},"modified":"2025-05-02T03:46:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T07:46:51","slug":"trump-trade-rfk-jr-invests-500m-in-universal-vaccine-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/stocks\/trump-trade-rfk-jr-invests-500m-in-universal-vaccine-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Trade: RFK Jr. invests $500M in universal vaccine project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rivian said to have built reserve of batteries ahead of tariffs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 Donald Trump with this daily recap compiled by The Fly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-universal-vaccine-project-nbsp\"><strong>UNIVERSAL VACCINE PROJECT:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trump administration is shifting away from funding next-generation COVID-19 vaccines and are instead investing $500M in a vaccine project involving producing vaccines from chemically inactivated whole viruses, Nidhi Subbaraman and Liz Essley Whyte of The Wall Street Journal&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefly.com\/n.php?id=4118148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a>. The technique is a throwback to how flu vaccines were made decades ago. The goal of the project is to make &#8220;universal&#8221; vaccines that protect against multiple strains of the virus at once. Companies who make COVID-19 vaccines include Pfizer&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefly.com\/news.php?symbol=PFE\">(PFE)<\/a>, BioNTech&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefly.com\/news.php?symbol=BNTX\">(BNTX)<\/a>, and Moderna&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefly.com\/news.php?symbol=MRNA\">(MRNA)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-reserve-ahead-of-tariffs-nbsp\"><strong>RESERVE AHEAD OF TARIFFS:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rivian Automotive&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefly.com\/news.php?symbol=RIVN\">(RIVN)<\/a>&nbsp;built a reserve of electric-vehicle batteries from Asia ahead of President Trump&#8217;s tariffs, Ed Ludlow of Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the matter. Rivian directly acquired a supply of lithium iron phosphate cells from China&#8217;s Gotion High-Tech Co. late last year, ahead of the election, sources told Bloomberg. More recently, the company worked with cell supplier Samsung SDI to move a large amount of battery inventory to the U.S. from South Korea, the people added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-continual-talks\"><strong>CONTINUAL TALKS: <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I<\/strong>n the company&#8217;s Q1 letter to shareholders, General Motors&#8217;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefly.com\/news.php?symbol=GM\">(GM)<\/a>&nbsp;CEO Mary Barra said the company has had &#8220;continual discussions&#8221; with the President and his team since before the inauguration. Barra said that &#8220;They have invested the time to understand what it takes to be successful in this capital-intensive and highly competitive global industry, how we can work together to grow American manufacturing, and the importance of companies like GM to communities across the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-production-move-nbsp\"><strong>PRODUCTION MOVE:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Samsung&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefly.com\/news.php?symbol=SSNLF\">(SSNLF)<\/a>&nbsp;is considering moving production of some of its TVs and home appliances as it looks to mitigate the impact of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, Nikkei Asia&#8217;s Kim Jaewon&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefly.com\/n.php?id=4117682\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a>. Samsung did not disclose where the production might be shifted, according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cooperation-pact-nbsp\"><strong>COOPERATION PACT:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. and Ukraine have reached an agreement on Ukraine&#8217;s natural resources, sought by Ukraine President Zelensky to secure U.S. backing in his country&#8217;s ceasefire negotiations with Russia, Bloomberg&#8217;s Daniel Flatley and Natalia Drozdiak report. 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