China flexes trade power with soaring use of export controls Tripling of restrictions in past five years underlines Beijing’s sway over crucial supply chains

China has increased its use of export controls, underlining Beijing’s willingness to leverage its power over supply chains as Xi Jinping prepares for talks next month with US President Donald Trump.

by Joe Leahy, Cheng Leng and Wenjie Ding

Well argued and important piece by Maury Obstfeld pointing out that despite many wrong arguments to the contrary, the role of the dollar is not the cause of the U.S. current account deficit. Others wanting to hold dollars does not require a trade deficit. It never has.

New @nberpubs: "Tariffs in 2025: Short-Run Impacts on the U.S. Economy" www.nber.org/papers/w35064
"90% of the tariffs are passed through to tariff-inclusive prices paid by U.S. importers"

Many academics also understand the gravity of

The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.

Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...

DACA recipient detained by ICE while delivering milk to premature daughter in NICU Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is a program created to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation if they were brought to the U.S. as children. But since January 2025, ICE has detained m...

Horrific—certainly the opposite of pro-family or pro-life given the critical importance of human milk and parental care in the health outcomes of preemies. Moms post-c-section often depend on a partner to get to the hospital & help care for preemies remaining in the NICU.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Many Americans plan to cut food to afford ACA health insurance, new poll shows About 8 in 10 Americans who re-enrolled in Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage say their health care costs are higher this year, according to a new survey from the health care research nonprofit ...

About 8 in 10 Americans who re-enrolled in Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage say their health care costs are higher this year, including about half who say their costs are "a lot" higher, according to a survey from the health care research nonprofit KFF.
https://to.pbs.org/47HpDOI

Trump’s Immigration Policy Sidelines Foreign Doctors Amid Shortage

Even the doctors?
Trump’s Immigration Policy Sidelines Foreign Doctors Amid Shortage www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/u...

Forest Service Will Close Research Stations That Study Wildfire Risk

A travesty:
Forest Service Will Close Research Stations That Study Wildfire Risk www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/c...

Trump Slashed Science Funding. Now the U.S. Could Face a Costly Brain Drain.

Trump Slashed Science Funding. Now the U.S. Could Face a Costly Brain Drain. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/b...

The Debt-Inequality Cycle Extreme inequality is fueling a global debt crisis

www.imf.org/en/publicati...

War Will Push U.S. Inflation Above 4% This Year, O.E.C.D. Says

War Will Push U.S. Inflation Above 4% This Year, O.E.C.D. Says www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/b...

Pro-life

Pregnant in ICE Detention: Handcuffs and Pleas for Medical Care

Pregnant in ICE Detention: Handcuffs and Pleas for Medical Care www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...

An Afghan man who worked with the US military dies in ICE custody Officials say an Afghan immigrant whose family said had worked with U.S. forces in his home country died at a Texas hospital after having been detained by immigration authorities.

Officials say an Afghan immigrant whose family said had worked with U.S. forces in his home country died at a Texas hospital after having been detained by immigration authorities.

Things are not okay.

Computer overlords not yet overthrown and replaced with mentats, so don’t believe everything you hear.

War in the Middle East Threatens Global Food Production

War in the Middle East Threatens Global Food Production www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/b...

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How are exporters in Asia trying to withstand the turmoil caused by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs? Hear from Indonesian palm oil exporters, Malaysian electronics and electrical manufacturers, Vietnam’s seafood and shipping companies, and more.
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Justice Dept. Tries to Slow Down Legal Battle Over Tariff Refunds

NEW: The Trump administration took steps late Friday to try to delay the legal proceedings on tariff refunds by as much as four months www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/b...

SNAP’s “Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility” Supports Working Families and Those Saving for the Future About 6 million people will lose SNAP food assistance if BBCE is eliminated — more than 4 million of them, including 1.8 million children, because their household income exceeds SNAP’s restrictive fed...

On food assistance, we updated a paper explaining the benefits of SNAP’s broad-based categorical eligibility policy, which allows states to broaden SNAP eligibility and better support millions of people, as the Trump Administration seeks to eliminate it: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

We’re moving from one phase of illegal, erratic trade policy — to a new phase of illegal, erratic trade policy.

@nationalreview.bsky.social #Section122
www.nationalreview.com/corner/trump...

"A Government Tariff Refund Bait and Switch" www.wsj.com/opinion/a-go...

This x 10000:

The Supreme Court tariffs ruling reins in Donald Trump Even if he has ways to rebuild trade barriers, writes Douglas Irwin

“The historic ruling is critically important beyond its implications for current trade policy,” argues Douglas Irwin, an economics professor, in a guest essay

Chart showing the rise and fall of US clean energy manufacturing investment since 2018.

The US clean energy manufacturing investment bust really is dramatic, and not slowing down.

Great investment tracker maintained by @jayturner.bsky.social and students.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...