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
U.S. Stock Futures Slip on U.S.-China Tensions — Futures pared their declines after the latest employment report showed the economy added more jobs than expected last month.Trump Executive Orders Target TikTok, WeChat Apps — President Trump issued a pair of executive orders imposing new limits on Chinese social-media apps TikTok and WeChat, escalating tensions with Beijing and effectively setting a 45-day deadline for an American company to purchase TikTok’s U.S. operations.Pro-China Populists Consolidate Power in Sri Lanka — The Rajapaksa family cemented its grip on Sri Lanka in parliamentary elections, according to results released Friday, gaining enough seats to push through constitutional changes increasing executive power.Hong Kong’s Ex