Sunday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China tells US to back off threats, warns of retaliation

[Reuters] Beijing blames US for raising trade tensions, defends rare earth curbs

[AP] China vows to stand firm against Trump’s 100% tariff threat

[BBC] China accuses US of 'double standards' over tariff threat

[Reuters] Partisan shutdown standoff ignores key risk to US stability: rising national debt

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stock Bubble Dread Grips Central Bankers in Washington

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China’s Markets Under Threat From Risk of Renewed US Trade War

[Reuters] Kremlin warns the West over 'dramatic' escalation moment in Ukraine war

[Axios] Trump and Zelensky discuss Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine, sources say

[Reuters] French PM Lecornu races against the clock to form government

[AP] Afghanistan says it has killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations

[WSJ] Government Shutdown Tests Everyone’s Patience

[WSJ] Trump’s Fresh Tariff Assault Threatens China’s Fragile Economy

[FT] China blames Trump and US for escalating trade war

[FT] Trump talks tough with China but holds out hope of truce in trade war

[FT] Pentagon steps up stockpiling of critical minerals with $1bn buying spree

[FT] Ukraine hit Russian energy sites with US help

Saturday's News Links

[Yahoo/Reuters] Trump threatens China with export controls on Boeing parts

[Barron's] 'China Isn't Afraid': Beijingers Shrug Off Trump Tariff Threat

[Politico] China’s rare earth gambit reveals the next phase of its economic warfare

[Yahoo/Reuters] China hits back on US port fees with retaliatory levies

[Reuters] White House lays off thousands of US government workers, blaming shutdown

[CNBC] OpenAI’s dominance is unlike anything Silicon Valley has ever seen

[BBC] 'It's going to be really bad': Fears over AI bubble bursting grow in Silicon Valley

[Reuters] French PM urges end to "ridiculous spectacle" as budget deadline looms

[AP] Power restored to 800,000 in Kyiv after major Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid

[Bloomberg] US Leveraged Loan Market Under Strain as More Deals Are Pulled

[Bloomberg] The Canadians Are Angry. Other Tourists Might Be, Too.

[NYT] China Flexed. Trump Hit Back. So Much for the Thaw.

[WSJ] Trade Wars Aren’t Easy, China Edition

[WSJ] Rekindling of Tariff Fight Pressures Wall Street’s Hottest Trades

[WSJ] Four Things to Know About Beijing’s Rare-Earths Bombshell

[WSJ] Behind the Collapse of an Auto-Parts Giant: a $2 Billion Hole and a Mysterious CEO

[WSJ] What to Know About Trump’s Latest Round of Government Layoffs

[WSJ] Trump, Feeling Emboldened, Pushes Agenda Into Higher Gear

[WSJ] More Working-Class Americans Than Ever Are Investing in the Stock Market

[FT] Donald Trump threatens extra 100% tariff as he retaliates against China