Monday's News Links

[Yahoo/Reuters] World stocks hang onto hope as trade talk confusion lingers

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Steadies as Traders Await Next Moves in China, US-Iran Talks

[Yahoo/Reuters] Amid Trump tariffs, China's trade and economy tsar steps into spotlight

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Floats New Income Tax Cut in Bid to Ease Tariffs Bite

[AP] With China and the US at intense economic odds, nations are being forced to choose sides

[Yahoo/Reuters] Risk of global economic recession surges on US tariff shockwaves

[CNBC] Chinese factories are stopping production and looking for new markets as U.S. tariffs bite

[AP] Canadians vote in an election dominated by Trump’s trade war and bluster

[Axios] What to know about Canada's election and its stakes

[AP] Putin thanks North Korea for troop deployment and promises not to forget their sacrifices

[Bloomberg] Bessent Says ‘It’s Up to China to De-Escalate’ in Trade War

[Bloomberg] What We Learned About Treasuries on the Night of April 8

[Bloomberg] Trump’s China Tariffs Set to Unleash Supply Shock on US Economy

[Bloomberg] Unhedged and Burned, Stock Investors Brace for More Dollar Pain

[Bloomberg] China Downplays Impact of Treasuries Swings on Its FX Reserves

[Bloomberg] China Says Doesn’t Need US Grain as Brazil Soybeans Pour In

[Bloomberg] Global Race to Lure US Researchers Intensifies After Trump Cuts

[Bloomberg] The US Water War With Mexico Is Just Starting

[Bloomberg] China Repeats Vow to Support Jobs, Economy as US Tariffs Hit

[WSJ] Inflation Fear Is Making Some People Spend More—and Others Less

[WSJ] America Inc. Slashes Spending as Tariff Uncertainty Swirls

[WSJ] Kevin Warsh on Fed Policy and Independence

[WSJ] Why Making an All-American Product Is So Hard

[WSJ] Trump Has a Trust Problem in Court

[WSJ] Canada Is Voting for Its Next Leader. Here’s What to Know.

[WSJ] The Russian Military Moves That Have Europe on Edge

[FT] The spectre of dollar doomsday still looms

[FT] China says it can live without US farm and energy goods

[FT] How Ukraine could break the western alliance

[FT] China stockpiles oil as Trump tariff shock hits crude prices

[FT] Big Oil braced for worst year since pandemic as bumper profits dry up

Sunday Evening Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Asian Stocks Edge Up in Cautious Open, Futures Dip: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Steadies With Trade War and China’s Outlook to the Fore

[Yahoo/Fortune] CEOs are in distress and consumers fear job losses amid ‘stagflation shock,’ economist warns

[Yahoo/Fortune] A starter home now costs $1 million in half the states in the U.S., report reveals

[AP] Greenland’s prime minister says island can’t be bought and US isn’t showing respect

[Bloomberg] Treasury Market’s ‘New World Order’ Brings Fear of the Long Bond

[FT] Demand slump fuelled by Trump tariffs hits US ports and air freight

[FT] Beijing’s flag-planting in South China Sea revives tensions with Manila