What I Am Reading
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Markets
Central banks
Tariffs & trade
- Global alarms rise as China's critical mineral export ban takes holdReuters
- Car makers warn China's rare-earth curbs could halt productionReuters
- Trump set to waive some legal requirements to boost critical mineralsReuters
- Doubled US tariffs on steel, aluminum kick in as deadline for 'best offers' hitsReuters
- Trump says 'extremely hard' to make a deal with China's President XiCNBC
- China’s New Trade Negotiator Is Ready to Play HardballWall Street Journal
- Trump Signs Order Hiking Steel, Aluminum Tariffs to 50%Bloomberg
US I
US II
- The Big Beautiful Bill Act is a debate over the future of the GOPMSNBC
- Trump Seeks Congress’s Approval for Package of DOGE CutsWall Street Journal
- Why This Is the Dawning of “America’s Golden Age”Heritage Foundation
Europe
- Eurozone Inflation Falls Below TargetWall Street Journal
- How Europe Is Losing the Global Tech Race, in Five ChartsWall Street Journal
Geopolitics
- Ukraine’s Drone Strike Is a Warning—for the U.S.Wall Street Journal
AI
- How Morgan Stanley Tackled One of Coding’s Toughest ProblemsWall Street Journal
- Opinion | A.I. Is Coming For the Coders Who Made ItNew York Times
- What the AI Revolution Means for the Future of EnergyCity Journal
- Why the Rise of China Robots Is Worrying Elon MuskBloomberg
Beyond markets
- Elon Musk Calls Trump Megabill a ‘Disgusting Abomination’Wall Street Journal