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Tuesday, April 15, 2025
[CNBC] U.S. stocks tick lower after S&P 500 posts back-to-back gains: Live updates [Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Will Impose 21% Tariff on Mexican Tomatoes Starting in July [Yahoo Finance] BofA's Moynihan says 'we potentially face a changing economy' after stock traders post record haul [Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Economy Is Set to Lose Billions as Foreign Tourists Stay Away [Axios] Our Latin American friends [Reuters] At China's largest trade fair, exporters say US markets are 'frozen' [Reuters] Chinese official says US tariff aims to 'take away Hong Kong's life' [Reuters] China's murky bankruptcies expose hazards for foreign investors [Bloomberg] Dollar’s Link to US Treasury Yields Weakens as Confidence Cracks [Bloomberg] Will Policy Chaos Trigger a Flight From the Dollar? [Bloomberg] Treasury Term Premium Jumps to Decade High on Policy Uncertainty [Bloomberg] China Orders Boeing Jet Delivery Halt as Trade War Expands [Bloomberg] New York Manufacturing Contracts While Outlook Slumps on Tariffs [Bloomberg] Japan Super-Long Yield Premium at Widest Since 2002 Amid Tariffs [Bloomberg] Trump’s China Ship Fees Set to Hit Global Shipping Giants [Bloomberg] Avoid US or Take Burner Devices, Canadian Executives Tell Staff [Bloomberg] China Shadow Bank That Oversaw $108 Billion Faces Liquidation [NYT] Trump’s Dilemma: A Trade War That Threatens Every Other Negotiation With China [WSJ] Trump’s Trade War Deepens Threat to U.S. Brands in China [WSJ] Bank Trading Desks Are Minting Money From Trump’s Tariff Chaos [WSJ] China’s Port Cargos Start to Slow as Tariff Tensions Escalate [WSJ] U.S. Freezes Billions in Funding After Harvard Says It Will Fight Trump’s Demands [WSJ] U.S. Softens Position on Iranian Uranium Enrichment [FT] Off-the-run credit liquidity is the worst since March 2020 [FT] Trade, tech and Treasuries: China holds cards in US tariff stand-off [FT] Trump team has not said what it wants in trade talks, says EU [FT] How Wall Street got Donald Trump wrong [FT] Trump is halfway to making America a police state [FT] Top Trump official tells Europe to choose between US or Chinese communications tech [FT] Xi Jinping urges Vietnam to oppose Donald Trump’s tariff ‘bullying’ [FT] France risks ‘irreversible’ harm from overspending, PM warns  
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
[CNBC] U.S. stocks tick lower after S&P 500 posts back-to-back gains: Live updates [Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Will Impose 21% Tariff on Mexican Tomatoes Starting in July [Yahoo Finance] BofA's Moynihan says 'we potentially face a changing economy' after stock traders post record haul [Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Economy Is Set to Lose Billions as Foreign Tourists Stay Away [Axios] Our Latin American friends [Reuters] At China's largest trade fair, exporters say US markets are 'frozen' [Reuters] Chinese official says US tariff aims to 'take away Hong Kong's life' [Reuters] China's murky bankruptcies expose hazards for foreign investors [Bloomberg] Dollar’s Link to US Treasury Yields Weakens as Confidence Cracks [Bloomberg] Will Policy Chaos Trigger a Flight From the Dollar? [Bloomberg] Treasury Term Premium Jumps to Decade High on Policy Uncertainty [Bloomberg] China Orders Boeing Jet Delivery Halt as Trade War Expands [Bloomberg] New York Manufacturing Contracts While Outlook Slumps on Tariffs [Bloomberg] Japan Super-Long Yield Premium at Widest Since 2002 Amid Tariffs [Bloomberg] Trump’s China Ship Fees Set to Hit Global Shipping Giants [Bloomberg] Avoid US or Take Burner Devices, Canadian Executives Tell Staff [Bloomberg] China Shadow Bank That Oversaw $108 Billion Faces Liquidation [NYT] Trump’s Dilemma: A Trade War That Threatens Every Other Negotiation With China [WSJ] Trump’s Trade War Deepens Threat to U.S. Brands in China [WSJ] Bank Trading Desks Are Minting Money From Trump’s Tariff Chaos [WSJ] China’s Port Cargos Start to Slow as Tariff Tensions Escalate [WSJ] U.S. Freezes Billions in Funding After Harvard Says It Will Fight Trump’s Demands [WSJ] U.S. Softens Position on Iranian Uranium Enrichment [FT] Off-the-run credit liquidity is the worst since March 2020 [FT] Trade, tech and Treasuries: China holds cards in US tariff stand-off [FT] Trump team has not said what it wants in trade talks, says EU [FT] How Wall Street got Donald Trump wrong [FT] Trump is halfway to making America a police state [FT] Top Trump official tells Europe to choose between US or Chinese communications tech [FT] Xi Jinping urges Vietnam to oppose Donald Trump’s tariff ‘bullying’ [FT] France risks ‘irreversible’ harm from overspending, PM warns  
Monday, April 14, 2025
[CNBC] Stock futures rise after a wild week as traders weigh surprise China tariff exemption: Live updates [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Dollar Extends Drop to Fresh 2025 Lows as Tariff Saga Rolls On [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold-Trading Frenzy Erupts in China as Tensions With US Escalate [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Steadies With Trade War Shifts and Iran Talks to the Fore [Axios] Trump says he'll announce new chips tariffs over next week [Axios] Trump's hardline stance [Politico] Risk of failure looms large as GOP starts drafting the ‘big, beautiful bill’ [AP] China’s Xi says there are ‘no winners’ in a tariff war as he visits Southeast Asia [CNBC] Billionaire Ray Dalio: ‘I’m worried about something worse than a recession’ [Yahoo/Reuters] BOJ Ueda warns of heightened uncertainty from US tariff policy [Reuters] Japan PM warns US tariffs have potential to disrupt global economic order [Yahoo/Reuters] China's March exports beat expectations with 12.4% gain, imports fall [Yahoo/Reuters] OPEC cuts 2025 global oil demand growth forecast, citing US tariffs [Axios] Iran nuclear talks expected to continue Saturday in Rome [Bloomberg] Trump’s Tangled Tariffs Sow Confusion as Negotiators Line Up [Bloomberg] Trump Warns Tariffs Coming for Electronics After Reprieve [Bloomberg] Xi Seeks to Win Over Southeast Asia as Trump Pauses Some Tariffs [Bloomberg] Weak Dollar Wishes Are Scary When Granted [NYT] Trump Has Added Risk to the Surest Bet in Global Finance [WSJ] U.S. Allies Are Sitting Out Trump’s Trade War With China [WSJ] Five Things to Watch for Signs of Market Trouble [WSJ] How the U.S. Lost Its Place as the World’s Manufacturing Powerhouse [WSJ] Canadians Are Cashing Out Their American Vacation Homes [WSJ] Civilian Death Toll in Ukraine Climbs, as Putin Resists Trump’s Peace Drive [FT] Why Xi holds a stronger hand than Trump [FT] Xi Jinping warns ‘no winners’ from Trump trade war as he heads to Vietnam [FT] Germany willing to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine, says Merz
Sunday, April 13, 2025
[Axios] The global financial order is shaking beneath our feet [Reuters] US Commerce Secretary says exempted electronic products to come under separate tariffs [Reuters] How China went from courting Trump to ‘never yield’ tariff defiance [AP] As tariffs put trade between China and the US in peril, Chinese businesses ponder the future [Yahoo/WSJ] The Companies and Markets Hit Hardest by Trump’s Tariffs [Yahoo/Bloomberg] G-7 Central Banks Prepare First Responses to US Tariff Chaos [AP] Trump goes with his gut and the world goes along for the ride [AP] Some top tech leaders have embraced Trump. That’s created a political divide in Silicon Valley [Politico] Trump tariffs ‘increase risk’ of financial crisis, Germany’s Merz warns [AP] More than 30 people killed, 99 injured in Russian missile attack on Ukrainian city of Sumy [Bloomberg] China Says US Tariff Break a ‘Small Step’ to Fixing Mistake [Bloomberg] Emerging Markets Face ‘Wrecking Ball’ From Tariff Turmoil [Bloomberg] Japan Doesn’t Plan to Use US Treasuries as Tariff Talk Leverage [Bloomberg] China Credit Expansion Beats Forecast on Bond Sale Deluge [Bloomberg] France Needs €40 Billion in Savings to Reach 2026 Deficit Target [NYT] Trump Has Added Risk to the Surest Bet in Global Finance [WSJ] Economic Outlook Dives Just Three Months Into Trump’s Term [WSJ] Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill Faces Tense Next Chapter in Congress [WSJ] Wall Street’s ‘Smart Money’ Braced for Tariff Chaos. It Was Still Caught Off Guard. [WSJ] Trump Floods Supreme Court With Appeals to Push Through Agenda [WSJ] Wealthy Buyers Are Backing Out of Multimillion-Dollar Home Deals [WSJ] Iran Has a Reason to Strike a Nuclear Deal: Its Economy Is in Trouble [FT] US tech tariff exemption may only be temporary, says Lutnick [FT] China is well positioned to weather Trump’s trade war [FT] Trump’s China trade war a ‘boon’ for Brazil but sends US farmers reeling [FT] America the Unstable [FT] Trump chaos prompts top Canadian and Danish pension funds to cool on US [FT] The ‘Nixon shock’ might help us make sense of the Trump one  
Saturday, April 12, 2025
[AP] Trump administration says it will exclude some electronics from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs [Yahoo/WSJ] How One of the Wildest Weeks in Market History Unfolded [Reuters] Trump trade team chases 90 deals in 90 days. Experts say good luck with that [AP] Trump’s China tariff shocks US importers. One CEO calls it ‘end of days’ [NBC] Bond market moves raise fears of growing bets against America [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Says Russia Must ‘Get Moving’ as US Envoy Met Putin [Bloomberg] Fed’s Deepest Tariff Fear Is a Price Shock That Won’t Fade Away [Bloomberg] Trump’s Liz Truss Moment Helps UK Remember Bond Market Is Boss [Bloomberg] Trump Plans Order to Enable Critical Metals Stockpiling: FT [NYT] Fed Under Pressure as Inflation Expectations Surge [NYT] ‘This is Not Normal’: Trump’s Tariffs Upend the Bond Market [NYT] Bessent Takes Tricky Center Stage as Trade Wars Roil U.S. Economy [NYT] Raise Prices? Eat Higher Costs? Retailers Face Tough Questions. [NYT] Investors Seeking Safety Look to German Government Bonds [WSJ] Trump Exempts Smartphones, Other Electronics From Chinese Tariffs [WSJ] Wall Street’s Best Hope to End Trump’s Global Trade War Is One of Its Own [WSJ] Trump Confronts Mexico Over Water Shortage Threatening Texas Crops [FT] Gold enjoys best week in five years as investors rush to safety [FT] Warning lights flash for US consumer strength as credit defaults rise [FT] The Chinese goods Americans rely on, from microwaves to Barbies [FT] Donald Trump plans to stockpile deep sea critical metals to counter China [FT] Iran says it has started ‘indirect’ talks with US over nuclear crisis [FT] Vladimir Putin’s war chest under threat as oil prices slide
Friday, April 11, 2025
[Yahoo/Reuters] Gold bolts past $3,200 on dollar slide, safe-haven flows [Yahoo/Reuters] Dollar Sinks and Gold Soars in Spiraling Trade War: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Reuters] Dollar slides to decade-low vs Swiss franc as US assets hit by loss of confidence [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Dollar Emerges as Latest Victim of This Week’s Markets Mayhem [Yahoo/Reuters] US bond funds hit by heavy outflows as recession, inflation fears mount [AP] China hits back at US and will raise tariffs on American goods from 84% to 125% [AP] US wholesale inflation fell last month as price pressures eased, but trade war clouds outlook [Axios] The world's hot new trade is "sell America" [Axios] To fight a trade war, it's nice to have friends [Politico] Xi wants EU-China tag team to resist Trump’s trade onslaught [Reuters] Private credit secondary sales set to rise as market turmoil spurs hunt for cash [Bloomberg] China Caps Tariffs on US at 125%, Calls Trump Levies a ‘Joke’ [Bloomberg] Bond Analysts Debate If China Had Role in Treasuries Swings [Bloomberg] Treasuries Suddenly Trade Like Risky Assets in Warning to Trump [Bloomberg] Trump and Xi Are Preparing for a War Nobody Wants [Bloomberg] Dollar Emerges as Latest Victim of This Week’s Markets Mayhem [Bloomberg] Fed’s Kashkari Not Seeing Dislocation That Merits Intervention [Bloomberg] Tariff Reprieves Won't Repair Trust In America [Bloomberg] Trump Threatens More Tariffs on Mexico Over Water Rights [Bloomberg] ECB Is Ready to Use Instruments It Has If Needed, Lagarde Says [NYT] Markets Worry About Finding an Exit From Trump’s Trade Fight [NYT] How This Trade War Is Different From All Other Trade Wars [NYT] Trump Puts Wall Street Leaders in Tight Spot [WSJ] The U.S. and China Are Going to Economic War—and Everyone Will Suffer [WSJ] Does Trump Have a China Trade Strategy? [WSJ] Europe’s Governments Pledge Unity in Tariff Fight [WSJ] Trump Team Races to Cut Piecemeal Tariff Deals With More Than 70 Countries [WSJ] Noonan: Trump’s Climbdown for the Ages [FT] China increases retaliatory tariffs on US imports to 125% [FT] Tett: Trump tests the American attitude to pain [FT] JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon warns of ‘considerable turbulence’ in US economy [FT] Market sell-off resumes as Donald Trump’s China tariffs spook investors [FT] US risky debt funds hit by historic outflows as Donald Trump’s tariffs shake markets [FT] US fires Greenland base commander after JD Vance visit  
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