Policy and Government

Director Kudlow: Some tariffs will be kept in place on China.

Foreign Policy discusses the man who took China to space.

Monetary

The WSJ editorial board praises Trump’s Fed nominee Stephen Moore.

Matthew Blume, CFA, at Nasdaq.com, explains why a civilized investor should own some of the barbarous relic, gold, in his investment portfolio.

Regulatory

TechDirt reports that the EU, by a 5-vote majority, is requiring websites to license or filter all third party content. This has effectively ended the Internet as an opens communications system, taking power away from creators.

World

Adam Garrie at Eurasiafuture.com recommends that Turkey shift to the traditional gold standard.