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U.S. TREASURY'S BESSENT SAYS THERE IS NO QUID PRO QUO IN TERMS OF CHIPS FOR RARE EARTHS IN U.S.-CHINA TRADE AGREEMENT
My Trade Secrets today. The Princess Bride theory of the US-China trade talks. Xi Jinping is Westley. Donald Trump is Vizzini. China was always going to win because it’s been preparing for years to be immune to the trade equivalent of iocaine powder. 1/2 [on.ft.com/4kCwEF5](
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Awks. Or technically now Auk. RE:
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The Pentagon launches a review to decide if the US should scrap AUKUS - FT.
β€œMy captors are treating me well and have promised to restore my federal subsidies if I cooperate.” RE:
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ELON MUSK:I REGRET SOME OF MY POSTS ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP WEEK
Give this man a TV show and a book contract. Lovely reveal gag at the end as well. (ht [@helenebismarck.bsky.social](
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The better talks are going, the longer they run. Always. RE:
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Lutnick says US-China talks going well, could run into Wednesday https://www.reuters.com/world/china/lutnick-says-us-china-talks-going-well-could-...
My Trade Secrets today. Trump going ahead with steel tariffs is obvs [@robarmstrong.bsky.social](
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US Financial Commentator, Financial Times. Opinions mine, unfortunately. The pursuit of pleasure is hard work.
 )'s fault for the "TACO" trade needling. I posit TABASCO (Trump Angry Because Armstrong Said "Chickens Out") as the new paradigm. (Also, Trump's broad powers over tariffs & taxes are far worse than steel.) [Donald Trump’s tariff calamiti...](https://on.ft.com/4mTVIZw )
The short-lived Andrew Eldritch/Beastie Boys collaboration project from 1986, now deservedly forgotten. [Analysis: Why Trump can’t just...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/politics/spacex-starlink-trump-musk-nasa?cid=ios_app )
I'm not a markets person, is that good RE:
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$TSLA plunging about 17%
I hope one of these Mars missions identifies a new inexhaustible source of popcorn, because we’re going to need it. https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mymiyz3x72kdfeb5nfmrk5my&cid=bafkreihnggsl6txkg4yvtdx23snawfrpe4acsmwy7jozuoztjoztdgxauu