Morning News: July 14, 2025

Japanese Bonds Tumble as Fiscal Worries Mount Before Election

China Is Buying Appliances and iPhones. What Happens When the Subsidies Stop?

China’s Exports Beat Expectations After Trade Truce With U.S.

China Shrugs Off Tariffs to Extend Its Manufacturing Dominance

Your Next Lawn Chair Is Coming From Vietnam, but It’s Still Kind of Chinese

Under Attack by Trump’s Tariffs, Asian Countries Seek Out Better Friends

India’s Foreign Minister Sees Progress in China Ties on First Visit Since 2020

Trump Tariff Salvos Push Economies to Seek to Broaden Trade Ties

Tariffs on Brazil Could Leave Coffee Drinkers With a Headache

EU Trade Chief to Contact U.S. Officials After 30% Tariff Threat

Higher Tariffs Would Likely Spur ECB to Further Cut Rates

How Trump’s Latest Tariff Threat Risks Deeper Damage to Europe’s Economy

The Race Is On to Build U.S. Copper Mines After Trump Pledges Higher Tariffs

Trump’s Tax Law Throws Lifeline to Unloved Energy and Climate Sectors

Jane Street Deposits $567 Million So It Can Resume India Trading

Plunging Dollar Leaves American Travelers With Less Buying Power This Summer

Economists Are The Only Barrier To A Return To The Gold Standard

Bitcoin Soars Past $120,000 as US Congress Starts ‘Crypto Week’

The Fed Is Built to Resist Trump’s Meddling

US Bank M&A Hopes Revive Under Trump Regulators

Food Banks Are Running Out of Food Exactly When More Americans Will Need Them

A ‘100% American’ Farm Workforce? That’s Delusional

Private-Equity Firms Bain and Kohlberg Make Another Big Bet on Biopharma Industry

China Biotech’s Stunning Advance Is Changing the World’s Drug Pipeline

The Future of Weather Prediction Is Here. Maybe.

Factories Were Pushed Out of Cities. Their Return Could Revive Downtowns.

America Is Losing Its Intelligence

Drones Are Key to Winning Wars Now. The U.S. Makes Hardly Any.

Trump to Send Patriots to Ukraine, US ‘Not Paying’ for Them

Jensen Huang Talks Up Nvidia’s Strategic Value to US as He Heads to China

China Is Poised to Buy More EVs Than Gas-Only Cars This Year

Musk Says Tesla Shareholders Will Vote on xAI Investment

With $217 Million in Ticket Sales, ‘Superman’ Helps Save Warner Bros., Too

The Kids Are All Right (Just Not at a Brewery)

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Posted by on July 14th, 2025 at 7:04 am


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