Be in the know. 18 key reads for Good Friday…

  1. Trump Signals China’s Xi Has Reached Out About a Trade Deal. Here’s the Latest on Tariffs. (barrons)
  2. Xi’s No. 2 Signals Openness to Policy Shift as Tariffs Hit (bloomberg)
  3. How DeepSeek, deep pockets, and data centers are giving Asia an AI edge (fortune)
  4. How China’s Boeing Ban Threatens to Backfire on Its Own Plane Maker (wsj)
  5. Hong Kong Internet Stocks Shrug Off US Concerns (chinalastnight)
  6. Anxious Trading Partners Promise to Buy American to Stave Off Trump’s Tariffs (wsj)
  7. Donald Trump says US will ‘100%’ strike trade deal with EU (ft)
  8. Vietnam PM Hails ‘Unique Bond’ With US Days After Hosting Xi (bloomberg)
  9. The tariff crisis is not existential (ft)
  10. Etsy touts ‘shopping domestically’ as Trump tariffs threaten price increases for imports (cnbc)
  11. Exclusive: Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan flattens leadership structure, names new AI chief, memo says (reuters)
  12. Americans Are Obsessed With Protein and It’s Driving Nutrition Experts Nuts (wsj)
  13. Trump Says Powell Is ‘Late on Interest Rates.’ Is the Fed Behind the Curve? (barrons)
  14. Deutsche Bank Sees More China Clients Sell US Assets for Europe (bloomberg)
  15. Amazon Is Better Prepared for the Trade War Than Investors Think (wsj)
  16. L’Oreal Sales Climb on Demand for Pricey Perfume, Make-Up (bloomberg)
  17. How Nvidia Plays Export Whack-a-Mole (wsj)
  18. Netflix Boasts That It’s Stable, Even in a Tough Economy (nytimes)