The Latest Breaking News from Xi Jinping

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.21%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.11%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.46%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM25 ) are up +0.21%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down by -0.31% and posted a 6-week low. The dollar retreated today after US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rose to a 7-3/4 month high, a dovish factor for Fed policy. The dollar was also pressured after US Q1 nonfarm productivity was revised lower...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is preparing for a crucial visit to the White House, where he faces a potential grilling. However, according to experts, leaders now have several options when preparing those meetings in the White House.

President Donald Trump simultaenously complimented and criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping in a Truth Social post

Growing strains in US-China relations over implementation of agreement to roll back tariffs and trade restrictions.

“I like President Xi of China...but he is very tough, and extremely hard to make a deal with!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

China will be eliminated from soccer World Cup qualification if it fails to beat Indonesia on Thursday

COMMENT: On the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Benedict Rogers says that the question is not whether China has changed – it hasn’t – but whether the free world has the courage to wake up and act on its morals

A person familiar with the matter reportedly said the administration is “under a lot of pressure” following China’s critical minerals blockade