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 counterpart was still on, while worries over…
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A Trade Deal Without Teeth Isn’t Worth the Paper It’s Printed On
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Oil prices hit 5-month low on US-China trade tensions, looming supply surplus
Oil prices eased on Wednesday to a five-month low on escalating US-China trade tensions and the International Energy Agency’s prediction of a supply surplus in 2026. Brent crude futures…
Asia: Markets rally as Fed cut hopes Trump trade war fears
STOCKS jumped on Wednesday as trade war fears were overshadowed by comments from Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell that suggested the bank would cut interest rates again this month. After…
Europe: Trade jitters drag shares lower; France stays in focus
EUROPEAN stocks slipped on Tuesday, weighed down by fresh jitters over US-China trade tensions and a sharp drop in Michelin shares, while investors eyed France where the prime minister…
Oil settles higher as US, China try to de-escalate trade tensions
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has kept its relatively high global oil demand growth forecasts unchanged for this year and next Oil prices rose on Monday (Oct 13)…
S&P 500 risks 11% drop on trade war: Morgan Stanley’s chief US equity strategist
Michael Wilson says the market was poised for a pullback, given elevated investor exposure and high valuations US STOCKS are at risk of sinking as much as 11 per cent if trade tensions…
Trump’s promised 100% tariff on China is escalating the trade war to new, turbulent levels
The trade war between the U.S. and China is heating up: On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at Beijing after China said it would tighten control over rare earth mineral…
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 escalated his trade conflict with China. Trump on Friday…
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 export controls beyond its borders for the first…
Top Glove shares end flat after 7.3% surge in intra-day trade on return to full-year profitability
The group attributes its improved performance to the higher demand for gloves and its cost efficiency Shares of Top Glove soared on Friday (Oct 10) morning after the Malaysian glove-maker…
Vietnam Expected to Record Over $900 Billion in Trade Turnover by 2025
Vietnam's trade turnover is already exceeding expectations, and it is expected to reach a historic milestone of over $900 billion in 2025. Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien…
Trump, Lula try to move beyond trade spat, share a friendly phone chat
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Monday he asked President Trump to remove hefty tariffs on his nation's products as the leaders tried to move beyond a summertime trade…
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 headwinds, French trade credit insurer Coface is…
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 token climbed to as high as US$125,689 on Sunday…
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 in global supply chains THE European Union has…
Trump and Turkey's Erdogan to discuss fighter jets, trade in huddle at White House
President Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Thursday at the White House, where the two leaders are expected to discuss the long-running rift on F-35 fighter jets…
Donald Trump Is Saying There’s a TikTok Deal. China Isn’t
US efforts to ban TikTok started during Trump’s first term in 2020. Months before he left office, Trump threatened to ban TikTok and another Chinese app WeChat. The Biden administration…
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 time since at least the 1990s, China has not bought…
China Turns Legacy Chips Into a Trade Weapon
While the Trump administration was trying to make a TikTok deal happen during a meeting with China last weekend, Beijing was busy adding its own bargaining chips to the table. Actual…
AI’s boost to global trade set to surge by 2040, but the WTO has a warning
Artificial intelligence could boost the value of trade in goods and services by nearly 40% by 2040, but without adequate policies it could also exacerbate economic divides, a new World…
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 it earlier blocked from leaving the country,…
South Korea can’t make the same U.S. trade deal as Japan. Here’s why
South Korea‘s negotiations with the U.S. on a trade deal to lower tariffs have stalled amid concerns over the foreign exchange implications of a $350 billion investment fund, part of an…
U.S. trade tensions mount as China accuses Nvidia of violating its antimonopoly laws
China accused Nvidia on Monday of violating the country’s antimonopoly laws and said it would step up scrutiny of the world’s leading chipmaker, escalating tensions with Washington as the…