Good Morning. Welcome to The Wire’s daily news roundup. Each day, our staff gathers the top China business, finance, and economics headlines from a selection of the world’s leading news organizations. The Wall Street Journal SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son Quits Alibaba Board — SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son said he would step down as a director of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, bringing to a close a decade and a half of board-level ties between the two Asian technology powerhouses.White House National-Security Adviser Warns of China’s Bid to ‘Damage Our Economies’ — White House national-security adviser Robert O’Brien added his critical voice to the Trump administration’s growing condemnation of Beijing, calling China’s Communist Party a threat to the sovereignty and the economies of the U.S. and its allies.U.S.-China Tensions Leave Germany Squirming in the Middle — Germany is struggling to pick sides in the escalating dispute between the U.S. and China over