Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Investors try to figure out Trump’s trade war endgame: ‘I can’t even tell you what victory is’ – CNN
- While US rants, rest of the world is working on free-trade deals – SCMP
- Air freight in decline for eighth consecutive month – IATA
- Bosch to cut jobs due to declining demand for diesel vehicles – China Daily
- ‘Ready to Rumble’: U.S.-China Fight Puts World Economy on the Brink – NY Times
Americas:
- Hundreds of Pizza Hut locations expected to close in US – WMTV
- Bankruptcy-related job losses are rising at rates not seen since 2009, invoking bad memories of the Great Recession – MarketWatch
- FDA investigating 127 reports of seizures after vaping – CNBC
- Trump’s Tariffs Could Blot out Positive Economic Story – Florida Daily
- The Fed is getting into the real-time payments business – CNN
- Corporate profits have soared and workers from Amazon to United Airlines are now demanding their cut – CNBC
- Food Stamp Households At Lowest Point in 9 Years – Breitbart
Europe:
- Swiss railways to phase out use of glyphosate by 2025: It said that it uses 65 tonnes of glyphosate a year – Swiss Info
- Germany may introduce ‘meat tax’ to protect the environment – Independent
- Luxembourg to be first European country to legalise cannabis – The Guardian
- Italy to fine rescue boats up to €1 million as tough Salvini law passes – Telegraph
- “There are now almost 200 abandoned ski resorts in the Italian Alps” due mostly to climate change – New Republic
- Brexiteer economist backtracks on air after claiming she ‘made up’ Treasury figures. – Inews
- The super-rich have made Britain into a nation of losers – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Trump: South Korea agreed to pay U.S. more to defend from North Korea – Politico
- Neoliberalism Has Met Its Match in China – Truth Dig
- North Korea ‘Tests Missiles’ as South Starts Drill – BBC
- India Strips Disputed Kashmir of Special Status – BBC
- CPJ calls on India to ensure access to internet and communications services in Kashmir – CPJ
- North Korea, China and Russia Are Arming Myanmar’s Military Despite Genocide Accusations, U.N. Report Finds – Washington Post
Trans-Tasman:
- More than 120,000 people whose welfare was suspended were not at fault, data shows – The Guardian
- Beef industry linked to 94% of land clearing in Great Barrier Reef catchments – The Guardian
- ‘This government doesn’t want whistleblowers’: Jeff Morris gives scathing review of protection laws – The SMH
- Homelessness ‘duty to assist’ law could force government to help those in crisis – ABC
- HealthEngine, medical booking app, facing multi-million-dollar fines for selling patient health data – ABC
- 400 buildings hooked up to Adelaide’s 10-gig network – Computer World
- A student attended a protest at an Australian uni. Days later Chinese officials visited his family – The SMH
- Conservatives hate red tape – unless it’s to regulate the behaviour of their enemies – The Guardian
- Tim Wilson accuses RBA of giving up on stimulating the economy – The Age
- Wind farms are being taken to court over SA’s blackout — how did we get here? – ABC
- ‘Looking for jobs’: second stage of Parramatta light rail line in doubt – The SMH
- Kenneth Hayne: Trust in politics has ‘been destroyed’ – The SMH
- Reserve Bank adamant it’s still getting bang for its monetary policy buck – Interest.co.nz
- Perplexed RBNZ slashes house price forecasts – Interest.co.nz
- Running low on ammo – Interest.co.nz