Thursday's News Links

[Reuters] Sino-U.S. trade truce hopes rekindle risk appetite

[CNBC] China is not budging ahead of Xi-Trump G-20 meeting

[CNBC] China’s Xi to present Trump with terms for settling trade deal: WSJ

[Reuters] U.S., China agree tentative trade truce ahead of G20 summit: SCMP

[Reuters] Trump-Xi trade meeting set for Saturday morning in Osaka: White House

[Reuters] China urges U.S. to lift sanctions on Huawei as Trump-Xi meeting looms

[Reuters] U.S. economy accelerated in first quarter, but momentum fading

[Reuters] President Trump says India's recent tariff hike unacceptable

[CNBC] Earnings this year may end up flat and that’s a problem for investors lifting market to a record

[Reuters] Fresh protests rock Hong Kong as activists seek a voice at G20

[Reuters] Moody's sees risk of Lebanon debt rescheduling despite budget

[Bloomberg] China Says Its Demands for a Trade Deal With the U.S. Haven't Changed

[Bloomberg] China's Central Bank Is Said to Push Banks to Curb Mortgages

[Bloomberg] Euro-Area Confidence Drops to Lowest Level in Nearly Three Years

[Bloomberg] Brazil's central bank slashes 2019 GDP growth forecast, sees benign inflation

[NYT] U.S. Versus China: A New Era of Great Power Competition, but Without Boundaries

[WSJ] China to Insist U.S. Lifts Huawei Ban as Part of Trade Truce

[WSJ] Trump’s Most Powerful Weapon in the U.S.-China Trade Fight

[FT] China calls halt to surge in local government dollar bond sales

[FT] Reaching for yield: the reshaping of the EM corporate debt market

Wednesday Afternoon Links

[Reuters] S&P 500 dips as healthcare declines counter tech gains

[Bloomberg] Oil Reaches 5-Week High on Biggest Drop in Stockpiles Since 2016

[Reuters] Trump says trade deal 'possible' with China's Xi, tariffs could be lower

[AP] Trump: China needs to reach a trade deal more than he does

[Reuters] Trump says he can fire Fed's Powell; it's not that simple

[AP] Trump says he ‘made’ Fed Chairman Powell

[CNBC] There’s something wrong with this rally in the stock market, JP Morgan says

[Bloomberg] Trump Says Fed Should Have Draghi as Chief Instead of Powell