“The Trump administration believes it has what game theorists call escalation dominance over China... [but] it is China that has escalation dominance in this trade war.” / Foreign Affairs

The EU and China are in talks to set minimum prices on Chinese-made EVs, six months after Brussels raised tariffs on the vehicles to as much as 45.3%. / Reuters

See also: A new US Senate bill aims to prevent Chinese vehicles from entering the US market. / The Detroit News

Even with the revised tariffs, the average US household will lose $4,700 in 2024 dollars. / The Budget Lab

According to the US Economic Uncertainty Index, concerns about financial futures right now far surpass what was reported at the onset of the pandemic. / Bluesky

Related: Estimate how much the tariffs will affect your grocery list. / The Cost Index

Jamelle Bouie: Trump’s insistence on making every interaction a zero-sum game means he won’t be satisfied until everyone bends to his will—US citizens included. / The New York Times [+]

After Nvidia’s CEO spent $1 million for a dinner at Mar-a-Lago last week, Trump loosened restrictions on the company’s China exports, threatening America’s hopes for AI dominance. / Platformer

See also: Trump’s deportations are hampering the nation’s bird flu strategy; farmworkers are terrorized and fearful of talking with health outreach workers. / KFF Health News

The White House moves to classify thousands of living immigrants as dead to cancel their Social Security numbers and pressure them to “self-deport.” / AP

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways: First, there is your executive order saying that it’s illegal not to.” Poetry revised for 2025. / McSweeney’s

A visual guide to the Christian nationalist flags representatives display outside their offices in the US Capitol. / Baptist News Global

The National Park Service updates to the Underground Railroad website that removed Harriet Tubman and downplayed Black abolitionists has been restored to its original text. / Hyperallergic

“Each frame of integral film is a small, square machine with an even smaller chemistry set inside of it, working at a pace of any time but now.” On Polaroids and time. / The Georgia Review

From March, a list of the world’s best eating cities says the top three are New Orleans, Bangkok, and Medellín. / TimeOut

Push notifications, a simulation. / xkcd