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US: Wall Street opens at record highs on US-China trade hopes
WALL Street’s main indexes opened at record highs on Monday (Oct 27), as expectations of a US-China trade truce fuelled risk-taking in a…
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says U.S., China reach 'substantial' trade framework before summit
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Sunday that he has reached a "very substantial framework" with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng…
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Europe: Shares close at record high on US data, trade hopes
European shares closed at a record high on Friday (Oct 24), boosted by cooler than expected US inflation data and hopes of an easing in…
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Canada’s Leaders Double Down After Trump Blows Up Trade Talks
In reality … Reagan was still very critical of tariffs during the brief speech, perhaps even more so than depicted by the ad’s brevity.…
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Trump Ends Trade Talks With Canada Over Ad of Reagan Calling Him Out
As the demo bore on, it became clear that what had been originally pitched as a minor expansion to one of the most prominent symbols of…
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Trump terminates Canada trade talks over anti-tariff Reagan ad
President Trump is terminating trade talks with Canada, saying that its most populous province interfered in the legal fight over his…
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Trump heads to Asia to build alliances, cut trade deals, go eye-to-eye with China's Xi
President Trump leaves Washington Friday for a whirlwind tour of Asia with an ambitious to-do list of high-stakes meetings, including with…
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Dollar wavers with politics, credit risks and trade tensions in the spotlight
THE dollar edged up against the yen but was flat versus the euro on Monday (Oct 20) as investors shifted their focus to political…
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South Korea says a U.S. trade deal is possible before the APEC summit
South Korea is increasingly hopeful it can reach a trade deal with the U.S. before a major Asian summit in Gyeongju at the end of the…
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Gold holds drop as traders focus on US-China trade, credit woes
Gold steadied following a sharp drop for precious metals on Friday (Oct 17), with traders weighing the latest developments in trade…
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US: Wall Street ends higher as investors digest Trump trade comments
Wall Street ended higher on Friday (Oct 17) as investors assessed US President Donald Trump’s latest remarks on China, while quarterly…
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Fox Host Gets Trump to Admit His Trade War With China Won’t End Well
Texas Democratic Party Chairman Kendall Scudder accused Abbott of “suck up to Donald Trump,” saying, “We do not need an unnecessary…
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US: Wall St opens mixed after Trump's trade comments
Wall Street’s main indexes were mixed at open on Friday (Oct 17) after US President Donald Trump confirmed the meeting with his Chinese…
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Taliban, Pakistan trade claims of heavy losses in border clashes
Pakistan and Afghanistan traded accusations on Sunday after some of the worst cross-border fighting in years reportedly left dozens dead…
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Bitcoin extends decline to US$104,782 as Trump escalates US-China trade war
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market value, extended declines on Friday (Oct 10) after US President Donald Trump…
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China ramps up rare earth restrictions, in move to beef up position for US trade talks
Both countries have traded tit-for-tat moves since Trump announced tariffs in April China has tightened its grip on rare earths, extending…
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Coface eyes growth in South-east Asia amid rising trade risks
The French trade credit insurer is betting on Asia as the global economy’s driving force In a world where global trade faces mounting…
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Bitcoin rises to a record as ‘debasement’ trade spurs risk rally
BITCOIN set another all-time high as a broader risk rally around the US government shutdown buoyed the world’s largest cryptocurrency. The…
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Asean’s next big test: Winning from accelerated EU trade deals
If the 10-nation bloc’s corporates move quickly, the region could see a wave of new European investment and establish a stronger foothold…
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Indonesia set for palm-oil boost in EU trade deal
The EU and Indonesia have concluded talks on a free-trade deal that includes zero tariffs on palm oil exports from the South East Asian…
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China seeks trade edge by shunning US soy in first since 1990s
Chinese buyers typically rely on American soybeans between October and February, before the South American harvest arrives For the first…
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China lifts exit ban on Wells Fargo banker amid US trade talks
The Asian nation’s use of exit bans has been a point of contention between Beijing and Washington China has released a Wells Fargo banker…
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Yangzijiang Financial closes 7.4% higher amid heavy trading, hits record in intra-day trade
The company will be added to STI’s reserve list, comprising the five highest-ranking non-constituents of the index by market…
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Trump’s Trade Deal With Japan Has One Awfully Unusual Requirement
Joining them, former Representative Joe Kennedy III of Massachusetts, the health secretary’s nephew, took to X Friday, calling his uncle…