The Latest on the Global Economy’s Most Contentious Relationship

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today on the Brief:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Grayscale launches national digital asset TV ad campaign</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rough times for oil as Saudi Aramco sees 73% decline in revenue</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kodak crashes as government grant paused amid allegations of impropriety</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our main conversation is a look at the latest skirmishes between the United States and China, including:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">U.S. sanctions on Hong Kong leaders including Carrie Lam </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Retaliatory Chinese sanctions on U.S. politicians </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The arrest of a pro-democracy Hong Kong media tycoon</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Arrest warrants issued for six foreign Hong Kong democracy advocates </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">President Trump signs executive orders targeting TikTok and WeChat</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Twitter enters the race to buy TikTok before the Executive Order ban takes effect</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Impact on banks, the Hong Kong stock market and Huawei </span></li> </ul>