#225: Blast From the Past (4/14/25)

Links:

House passes Senate Budget

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republican-controlled-us-house-try-again-trump-tax-cuts-bill-2025-04-10/

Source: Reuters

Trade

Anonymous Sources Say Bessent Taking the Lead in Trade Negotiations

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/10/bessent-trade-lutnick-navarro-shakeup-00284597

Source: Politico

Trump is going to lose the gamers. Nintendo Switch 2 Delayed

https://tech.yahoo.com/article/nintendo-switch-2-pre-orders-release-date-prices-delays-and-everything-else-you-need-to-know-140931024.html

Source: Engadget

Trump Exempts Phones, Chips, Computers from Tariffs

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/trump-exempts-phones-computers-chips-tariffs-apple-dell.html

Source: CNBC

China moves to cut off rare earth exports

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/chinas-rare-earth-exports-grind-halt-trade-war-controls-bite-2025-04-11/

Source: Reuters

China halts US LNG imports

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-halts-us-lng-imports-061447892.html

Source: Bloomberg

IRA Credits

Senate Squish Squad

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5245273-senate-republicans-energy-tax-credits/

Source: The Hill

Sunset Crowd in the House

https://www.eenews.net/articles/republican-bill-would-phase-out-wind-solar-credits/

Source: E&E New

Congestion Pricing Lives On

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-congestion-pricing-mta-trump-administration-deal/

Source: CBS News

EV Factories Cancelled

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/04/03/ev-factories-canceled/

Source: Washington Post

AI helping PJM. What does that mean exactly?

https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-deploys-ai-speed-up-connections-pjm-largest-us-power-grid-2025-04-10/

Source: Reuters