Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- G20 finance ministers drop anti-protectionist pledge – BBC
- G-20 Drops Anti-Protectionist Pledge as Price of U.S. Assent – Bloomberg
- G20 financial leaders row back on free trade pledge – Reuters
- Flaky economics? Brexit, trade and the Treasury estimates – Prime Economics
- IMF Christine Lagarde Calls for Global Cooperation and Strong Policies to Sustain the Growth Momentum – IMF
- How globalisation affected manufacturing around the world – VOX
Americas:
- In One Rocky Week, Trump’s Self-Inflicted Chaos on Vivid Display – NY Times
- Young Americans: Most see Trump as illegitimate president – AP
- Almost No One Likes The New GOP Health Care Bill – Huffington Post
- America needs to decide: is health care something we owe our citizens? – VOX
- Why the Border Adjustment Tax Should Be Killed – Barron’s
- Canadian border authorities detaining record number of Mexicans – Reuters
Europe:
- What to Ask About Russian Hacking – NY Times
- Russian parliament approves investigation of US media – The Hill
- Russia-backed Crimea chief says Putin should be president for life – Reuters
- No other countries will quit EU after Britain: EU chief Juncker – Reuters
- Will the Rising Tide of Populism Wash Away the European Union? – Slate
- EU chief Juncker warns against EU-US trade war – Reuters
- George Osborne accused of breaching rules with Evening Standard job – The Guardian
- George Osborne appointed editor of London Evening Standard – FT
- Record numbers of EU nurses quit NHS – The Guardian
- Merkel’s Ivanka moment – Politico
- German Foreign Minister says Turkey further away from EU membership than ever – Reuters
- The Road to a Free Europe Goes Through Moscow – Politico
Asia:
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- The Risks of Pre-emptive Strikes Against North Korea – NY Times
- U.S., China soften tone, say to work together on North Korea – Reuters
- How Does China’s Imperial Past Shape Its Foreign Policy Today? – China File
- The South Korea-US trade agreement turns five – The Economist
- All Eyes on China as U.S. Signals New Tack on North Korea – NY Times
- Shadow Lending Threatens China’s Economy, Officials Warn – NY Times
- China Pushes Back on U.S. Talk of ‘All Options’ Over North Korea – Bloomberg
- Xi Jinping: The Illusion of Greatness – NY Review of Books
Trans-Tasman:
- Qantas to continue advocating for same-sex marriage despite criticism from Peter Dutton – ABC
- Lump of coal now frontrunner for Liberal Party leadership – Chaser
- Australia still plagued by destructive policies of John Howard, our worst prime minister – Canberra Times
- Australians hold values that are essentially leftwing. This week in politics proves it – The Guardian
- Canada’s lesson for Australia: foreign investment tax is working, house prices down – News.com.au
- Chinese police chief Wang Jun Ren jailed for buying Australian real estate with corrupt money – The SMH
- The Housing Bubble Could Have Been Popped Before It Inflated… – Huffington Post
- ‘Junior doctor suicides: At least 20 lives lost in NSW due to enormous pressure’ – Daily Telegraph
- Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk confronted in India by Australians opposed to Adani coal mine – ABC
- Politics at tipping point as one in four voters flee Labor and the Coalition – The SMH
- Ross Gittins: How the two-speed economy worm has turned – The SMH
- World Heritage river west of Sydney to receive greater protections under new mine pollution limits – ABC
- Liberal leadership stunned into silence, as lessons of defeat prove hard to learn – ABC
- Hazelwood’s closure raises threats of east coast blackouts and manufacturers quitting Australia – ABC
- Peanut growers face ‘horrendous season’ following Queensland’s hottest summer on record – ABC
- Farmers sceptical of Nationals plan to give gas royalties to landowners – ABC
- Parliamentary Budget Office costs plan to abolish stamp duty in favour of broad-based land tax – ABC
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‘No risk of being tenants in our own land’ – Interest.co.nz
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Boomers vs Millennials on The Nation – Interest.co.nz