Monday's News Links

[Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Rise as Xi Seen Calming Waves: Markets Wrap

[Bloomberg] Russian Stocks Take Worst Hit Since Crimea on Sanctions, Syria

[CNBC] Trump economic advisor Larry Kudlow bashes China for 'decades of misdeeds' on trade

[Bloomberg] China Is Studying Yuan Devaluation as a Tool in Trade Spat

[Reuters] China blames U.S for trade frictions, says negotiations currently impossible

[Bloomberg] Bond Traders Are About to Grasp the Magnitude of the Treasuries Deluge

[Bloomberg] Trump's Trade War Threatens Central Bank `Put,' Deutsche Says

[Reuters] Japanese investors dump record amount of U.S. bonds in February

[Reuters] Kuroda says BOJ eventually needs to consider how to normalize policy

[Reuters] China should invest in assets other than Treasuries: central bank adviser

[Bloomberg] Deutsche Bank Solves One Crisis With New CEO. Now Onto the Next

[Bloomberg] Venezuela Debt Crisis Nears New Low as Riskiest Bond Matures

[CNN] Crises, confrontations envelop Trump at home and abroad

[Reuters] Syria, Russia accuse Israel over strike on Syrian air base

[WSJ] Europe’s Boom Reawakens the Ghost of Crisis Past: Debt

[WSJ] China Installed Military Jamming Equipment on Spratly Islands, U.S. Says

[FT] Russia labels latest US sanctions “scandalous” and “illegal”

Sunday Evening Links

[Bloomberg] Asia Stocks Mixed as Trade in Focus; Dollar Steady: Markets Wrap

[Bloomberg] Trump’s ‘Art of the Deal’ Bombast Faces Ultimate Test With China

[Bloomberg] Trump Vows China ‘Will Take Down Its Trade Barriers’

[Reuters] Trump predicts trade concessions by China, despite rising tensions

[The Hill] Mnuchin: There could be a trade war

[Bloomberg] Bad Omen for Markets From First Signs of Yield Curve Inversion

[Bloomberg] Suspected Poison Gas Kills At Least 40 in Damascus Suburb

[WSJ] Trump Officials Soften Tone on Trade Dispute With China

[WSJ] Americans Face Highest Pump Prices in Years

[WSJ] Trump Warns of ‘Price to Pay’ After Suspected Gas Attack in Syria

[FT] What could a US-China trade war do?