THE BRIEF: Eventful week, Retail sales, Economists speak up, EU trade in autos, Charts brief

Trying to make sense of things

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It’s been an eventful week. Blinken visits China. Biden called Xi a dictator. A civil war could be starting in Russia. And… China’s internet is buzzing with story a Chinese bomber jet buzzed the USS Reagan aircraft carrier, supposedly evading detection. A cryptic text message was sent country-wide…