Wednesday's News Links

[Reuters] Wall St. slips on weak results from Caterpillar, Boeing

[Reuters] Trade talks buoy stocks, gloomy data sink euro

[Reuters] Euro plumbs two-month low ahead of ECB, pound under pressure

[Reuters] Gold rises on expected economic stimulus

[Reuters] U.S. new home sales rise; prior three months revised down

[Reuters] U.S. and China to restart trade talks on July 30 in Shanghai

[CNBC] AG Barr’s promise to probe Big Tech does the unthinkable — unites Democrats and Republicans

[Reuters] U.S. home sales tumble as prices surge to record high

[Reuters] Euro zone business growth stalls in July, outlook darkens: PMI

[Reuters] China warns of war in case of move toward Taiwan independence

[Reuters] China's defense ministry says U.S. undermining global strategic stability

[Bloomberg] Beijing Rattles Sabers Before U.S.-China Talks

[Bloomberg] The World’s Central Banks Are Debating Whether to Change Their Strategies

[Bloomberg] ECB Has Five Reasons to Delay Stimulus Decision to September

[Bloomberg] A $1.6 Trillion Fund Warns of a Ticking Liquidity Bomb

[Bloomberg] China Says the U.S. Is Undermining Global Stability

[NYT] ‘We’re Full,’ Car Dealers Say as Auto Sales Slow After a Long Boom

[FT] China is using trade war with US to defeat liberal thinkers

[FT] China’s army can intervene in Hong Kong, says Beijing

Tuesday Evening Links

[Reuters] Earnings and trade optimism push Wall St. toward record high

[CNBC] US, China in-person trade talks expected next week; White House eyeing longer-term timeline for deal

[Reuters] White House's Kudlow hopeful on U.S.-China trade talks, agriculture buys

[Reuters] Big Tech faces broad U.S. Justice Department antitrust probe

[Reuters] China's credit push to small firms falters in factory heartland

[Reuters] IMF says first-quarter global trade growth slowest since 2012, big downside risk

[Reuters] U.S. military took defensive action against second Iranian drone last week

[Bloomberg] U.S. Negotiators to Head to China Monday for Face-to-Face Talks

[Bloomberg] Trump Shoves Aside Deficit Worries in Debt Deal With Pelosi

[Bloomberg] The U.S. Economy Is Great and the Fed Doesn't Care

[WSJ] Justice Department to Open Broad, New Antitrust Review of Big Tech Companies

[WSJ] U.S. Home Sales Stumble, as Pricey West Coast Markets Suffer Declines

[FT] China condemns US sanctions over Iran crude oil