Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The multinational company is in trouble – The Economist
- VIX Near Record Low Ignores Risks Revealed in Swaptions: Chart – Bloomberg
- That thing about EUR derivative clearing and the ECB – Medium
Americas:
- U.S. Wage Disparity Took Another Turn for the Worse Last Year – Bloomberg
- There’s something about Trump that won’t let him admit simple facts – NY Post
- Trump wants 20% tax on imports from Mexico to pay for wall – CNN
- America might need to buy 25 billion avocados so Mexico could pay for the wall – Washington Post
- A Mexican Border Tax Would Hit Avocados, Chili Peppers, Beer – Bloomberg
- Trump’s Little Mexican War – WSJ
- Trump Will Call for a Pentagon Plan to Hit ISIS Harder, Officials Say – NY Times
- Trump says plans lots of bilateral trade deals with quick termination clauses – Reuters
- The Trump Administration Will Lead to the End of American Influence – The Atlantic
- Democrats launch scorched-earth strategy against Trump – Politico
- Sanders: Trump a ’delusional president’ – The Hill
- Trump’s Immigration Ban Excludes Countries with Business Ties – Bloomberg
- Elon Musk Floated the Idea of a Carbon Tax to Trump and CEOs, Official Says – Bloomberg
- TransCanada re-submits application for Keystone XL pipeline – Reuters
- What Did NAFTA Really Do? – Economist’s View
Europe:
- Theresa May’s speech to Republicans – The Spectator
- Theresa May opens Trump visit by attacking past foreign policy failures – The Guardian
- French finance minister warns ‘window of opportunity’ closing for Greek deal – FT
- No longer welcome: the EU academics in Britain told to ‘make arrangements to leave’ – LSE
- Why Russia is about to decriminalise wife-beating – The Economist
- Britain’s economy: Enjoy the calm before the storm – CER
- Europe’s Economy Takes Over From Trump in Driving Local Bond Yields – WSJ
- UK shrugs off Brexit fears to be fastest growing G7 economy in 2016 – FT
- UK chancellor rules out cutting stake in RBS after £3.1bn US fine – The Guardian
- Europe needs to react to Trump’s trade agenda – four urgent questions – Bruegel
- Whispers of ‘Grexit’ start again – Politico
Asia:
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- How WeChat Founder’s Obsession With QR Codes Reshapes Chinese Internet – WSJ
- This Chinese media giant is using machine learning to go after Facebook’s lunch – Technology Review
- China’s premier just extolled the virtues of openness on a news site blocked by China – Quartz
- Connecting Asia’s startup ecosystem – Tech in Asia
- China keeps 3 percent budget deficit goal for 2017 as debt risks grow: sources – Reuters
- Beijing Is Sending Shudders Through Global Housing Markets – Bloomberg
- The World’s Most Populous Country Is Turning Gray – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Changing Australia Day is pointless – and there is much to celebrate – The Conversation
- Losing oxygen to leakers and the media, Centrelink’s comms fall back to ‘the facts’ – The Mandarin
- Junk food industry shaping health policies at public’s expense: study – The SMH
- Rio Tinto agrees to sell Australian coal unit to China’s Yancoal for $3.2b – ABC
- Push for a Commonwealth trading bloc further politicises free trade – The Conversation
- Interview required: Trump may dump visa-waiver program for Aussies – Traveller
- The US still has “no better friend” than us. – The SMH
- Mark Latham Has Opened The Door To A Political Comeback – BuzzFeed
- Rumblings in Greens party ranks – SBS
- Greens descend into public brawl amid doubts over ‘invisible’ Richard Di Natale’s leadership – The SMH
- Infrastructure Australia says tax land not property to capture value – The AFR
- No longer tied to Britain, Australia is still searching for its place in the world – The Conversation
- Australia ranked 10th freest democracy in the world according to latest EIU Democracy Index – EIU
