China, Tariffs & Quantum Computing

China’s response to the US’s tariffs on Chinese imports was muted, Jackie reports, involving limited new restrictions and tariffs on certain US goods. China has too weak an economy to risk a bolder retaliation. But the country did announce new economic goals that suggest bold new stimulus spending to help pull its economy up by its bootstraps. … Also: What a few American CEOs in tariff-affected industries have said about the impacts on their companies. … And: Development of ever better quantum computing capabilities is turning out to be a game changer for the big guys—Amazon, Google, and Microsoft—while most startups in the space remain unprofitable.