Wednesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks March Higher With Netflix Poised for Record: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Advances to 11-Week High as Trump Hints at China Tariffs

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Recovers as Traders Assess Trump Tariffs, Russia Sanctions

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Threatens 10% Tariff on China, Cites Trade Deficit With EU

[Yahoo/Reuters] Factbox-US imports from Canada, Mexico in 2024 as tariff threat looms

[Axios] Historic winter storm hits Gulf Coast as Calif. fire risk continues

[CNBC] Trump says he’s open to TikTok sale to Elon Musk or Larry Ellison

[AP] Trump finds new ways to flex presidential power after returning to White House

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] JPMorgan’s Dimon Says US Stock Prices Are ‘Kind of Inflated’

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] BOJ Heads Toward Rate Hike as Markets Take Trump in Stride

[Reuters] Vanke woes to test limits of China's property sector revival efforts

[Yahoo/Reuters] China orders pay cap at state-owned financial firms, sources say

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] ECB Not Behind Curve and Will Cut Gradually, Lagarde Tells CNBC

[Reuters] Iran is 'pressing the gas pedal' on uranium enrichment, IAEA chief says

[Bloomberg] Largest US Grid Issues Alert as Cold Lifts Demand to Near Record

[Bloomberg] Japan and US Agree on Bringing Ties to New Heights

[Bloomberg] Dudley: Trump’s Economics Are Anybody’s Guess. Here’s Mine.

[Bloomberg] Trump Meme Coins Are a Disaster in Waiting

[NYT] Trump Says He Intends to Impose 10% Tariffs on Chinese Imports on Feb. 1

[NYT] Taking Trump’s Tariffs Threats Seriously and Literally

[NYT] Trump Is Said to Push for Early Reopening of North American Trade Deal

[NYT] How the Debt Could Hamstring Trump’s Agenda

[WSJ] Trump Keeps China Guessing on Tariff Threats

[WSJ] How a Trump Trade War Puts Cheap Oil From Canada at Risk

[WSJ] Tech Leaders Pledge Up to $500 Billion in AI Investment in U.S.

[WSJ] An Anxious Federal Workforce Bids Goodbye to Job Stability and Remote Work

[FT] China’s hopes grow for deal to avert trade war with Donald Trump

[FT] UK borrows far more than expected in December

[FT] Ships carrying missile propellant set to sail from China to Iran, say officials

Tuesday Evening Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Asia Stocks Set to Gain as Trump Tariff Fears Ebb: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rally on Tariff Delay in Market Mesmerized by Trump

[Reuters] Trump vows to hit EU with tariffs, eyes 10% tariff on China on Feb. 1

[CNBC] Trump says he’s considering a 10% tariff on China beginning as soon as Feb. 1

[Reuters] Aiming to weaken US foes, Trump faces an 'unholy alliance'

[Reuters] Trump's murky tariff policy sets the stage for market volatility

[Politico] Navarro says Trump laying foundation for tariffs to come

[AP] Trudeau says Canada will respond to US tariffs as Ontario’s premier says Trump ‘declared war’

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Unveils AI Investment Plan With OpenAI, Softbank, Oracle

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Pushes to Make US an AI Superpower, With Fewer Guardrails

[Politico] A running list of Trump’s planned executive orders, actions, proclamations and legislation

[AP] Trump’s embrace of meme coin sours mood in crypto industry

[AP] ‘Once in a lifetime’ snow hits parts of the U.S. South

[AP] Musk’s straight-arm gesture embraced by right-wing extremists regardless of what he meant

[Bloomberg] Trump Gives Immigration Agents Power to Raid Churches, Schools for Deportations

[NYT] Trump Wants to Unleash Energy, as Long as It’s Not Wind or Solar

[WSJ] Trump Pushes for Early Renegotiation of U.S. Trade Deal With Mexico, Canada

[WSJ] A List of Trump’s Key Executive Orders—So Far

Tuesday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Wall Street Gains as Traders Look to Trump Boost: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil slides as Trump weighs tariffs, signs executive orders to increase US production

[CNN] Historic snow amounts are falling in Florida, Louisiana and Texas as a once-in-a-generation storm hits

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] A Rundown of Trump’s Executive Actions, From Tariffs to Immigration

[Yahoo Finance] Trump now must confront a problem he can’t solve alone: The debt ceiling

[Yahoo/Reuters] Trump's new crypto coin sparks ethics concerns

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Private Equity Has a Plan If IPOs, Sales Don’t Work: More Debt

[WSJ] Trudeau Promises ‘Robust’ Response After Trump’s Tariff Pledge

[WSJ] Crypto Thought Trump Would Bring It Legitimacy. Then He Launched a Meme Coin.

[WSJ] Putin and Xi Stick Together in Video Call After Trump’s Inauguration

[FT] Trump threatens to double tax rates for foreign nationals and companies