Wednesday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Churn Near Record High Before Fed Minutes: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Floats 25% Auto, Drug, Chip Tariffs, Upping Trade Threats

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Housing Starts Fall in Broad Pullback After December Surge

[Axios] Trump calls Zelensky a "dictator" in latest smear

[AP] Trump and Zelenskyy trade barbs as US-Ukraine relations sour over the war with Russia

[Politico] Trump attacks Zelenskyy as a ‘dictator without elections’ who duped US

[Reuters] Ukraine War Live Updates: Trump tells Zelenskiy to move fast to save his country

[Bloomberg] Trump Backs $4.5 Trillion Tax Cut in House GOP Budget Plan

[Axios] Trump claims control over historically independent agencies

[NYT] Trump Eyes a Bigger, Better Trade Deal With China

[NYT] Bessent to Skip G20 Finance Ministers Meeting in South Africa

[NYT] Is Russia Open for Business — and at What Cost?

[FT] Donald Trump calls Volodymyr Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ as US rift with Ukraine deepens

[FT] Trump’s rush to strike a deal on Ukraine hands Putin the advantage