Bloomberg Neuralink Corp., the startup co-founded by billionaire Elon Musk, has taken steps to sell $100 million in stock to fund the development of technology that connects human brains with computers. The San Francisco-based company has already gotten $27 million in funding, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Musk said Neuralink isn’t seeking outside investors. ...

There is much to dislike in President Trump’s trade agenda, but he is correct on one subject: China’s relentless quest to extort American “intellectual property”—technologies, business methods, patents. Trump took a swipe last week at China’s policies by ordering his top trade officials to investigate. Whether he can alter China’s behavior is unclear, but he is right to try, even ...

President Donald Trump’s decision last week to disband the Manufacturing Council and Strategy & Policy Forum not only puts his agenda to revitalize the nation’s infrastructure in jeopardy, it also weakens the precarious support commodities such as copper, steel and crude oil have relied upon. Although not stellar, global commodity prices had shown decent support ever since it became clear ...