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China’s tightening grip over the minerals that power advanced technologies has moved from long-term strategic concern to immediate economic threat—and the U.S. is woefully unprepared, Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel warned. “It’s scandalous that we don’t have a rare earth strategic reserve,” Siegel told CNBC’s Squawk Box Monday, calling it a major security failure. “We let China monopolize 90% of refining rare …

China tries shock-and-awe on Donald Trump  The Economist Cars to Fighter Jets: China’s New Export Curbs May Level a Heavy Blow Worldwide  The New York Times Q: Why Is China’s New Rare-Earth Threat Such a Big Deal?  The Wall Street Journal Trump wanted a trade deal. Xi opened a new front instead.  Politico China ‘not afraid of trade war,’ accuses U.S. of ‘double standard’ …

Why the ultra-rich are giving up on luxury assets  The Economist Source link

President Donald Trump’s additional 100% tariff on China erased $2 trillion from the stock market on Friday and possibly couldn’t have come at a worse time. A potentially renewed trade war risks a resurgence of uncertainty in the market, Apollo Global Management chief economist Torsten Slok said Saturday on Fox Business, all while fears of an AI bubble raise doubts …

Why Donald Trump’s tariffs are failing to break global trade  The Economist Pressure is building on Donald Trump as tariffs bite deeper into American manufacturing  CBC US tariffs are still *checks notes* around 10 per cent  Financial Times US tariffs persist beyond the headlines  ING THINK economic and financial analysis | ING Think Market Reactions to Tariff Announcements  Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Source …

President Donald Trump’s plan to use tariff revenue to bail out farmers could be stalled by the ongoing government shutdown. Trump said last month the administration would roll out subsidies for struggling farmers using revenue from his sweeping tariff policies. The White House will imminently announce a bailout plan that could put up to $15 billion in farmers’ pockets, Reuters …

U.S. GDP growth in the first half of 2025 was almost entirely driven by investment in data centers and information processing technology, according to Harvard economist Jason Furman. Excluding these technology-related categories, Furman calculated in a Sept. 27 post on X.com GDP growth would have been just 0.1% on an annualized basis, a near standstill that underlines the increasingly pivotal …

Who do Americans blame for the government shutdown?  The Economist POLL: Americans Want Democrats to END Their Shutdown  The White House (.gov) More Americans blame Trump and congressional Republicans for shutdown, new poll finds  USA Today Democrats could have more shutdown leverage than people realize  CNN CBS News poll finds few feel shutdown is worth it, low marks for Republicans, Democrats and Trump’s handling  CBS …

Mark Carney’s radical vision for handling Trumpian America  The Economist Carney to meet with Trump Tuesday as Canada pushes for tariff relief  CBC Auto sector tempering expectations of Carney’s meeting with Trump  Toronto Star Carney meets Trump in search of ‘best deal for Canada’  BBC What to know as Carney, Trump meet at the White House  The Globe and Mail Source link

The War Room newsletter: Are America’s military standards slipping?  The Economist What Women Heard in Hegseth’s Remarks About Physical Standards  The New York Times How Hegseth’s newly proposed military fitness standards compare to existing tests  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Experts react to Hegseth’s Quantico summit: ‘Wrong message, wrong time, wrong audience’  DefenseScoop Trump’s Outline of a Domestic War  Just Security …