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Market Talk – October 7, 2021

ASIA: China has been busy cultivating at least two new coal markets, Mozambique and South Africa, and expanding trade with smaller exporters, including Kazakhstan,...

Market Talk – October 6, 2021

ASIA: The US plans to launch new trade talks with China, but will maintain tariffs on Chinese imports as it presses Beijing to fulfill pledges to buy more US goods...

Market Talk – October 5, 2021

ASIA: Japan’s services sector activity shrank for a 20th straight month in September as the coronavirus pandemic continued to weigh on sentiment, though the...

Market Talk – October 4, 2021

ASIA: The US in cracking down on China to commit to phase one of the trade agreement made under the Trump Administration. China agreed to buy at least $200 billion...

Market Talk – October 1, 2021

ASIA: Global manufacturing activity took a big hit from supply chain bottlenecks and escalating costs, exacerbated by pandemic-induced factory shutdowns in Asia and...

Market Talk – September 30, 2021

ASIA: Goldman Sachs cut China’s growth forecast to 7.8 percent this year from the previously estimated 8.2 percent, as the world’s second largest...

Market Talk – September 29, 2021

ASIA: China’s ambitious foreign infrastructure push has saddled poor nations with “hidden debt” worth $385 billion, and more than a third of the...

Market Talk – September 28, 2021

ASIA: China remained on course to be more than 30% short of its 2021 commitments under the phase one trade deal with the United States with four months left,...

Market Talk – September 27, 2021

ASIA: China will likely fail in its bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership, but its move to submit an application highlighted the...

Market Talk – September 24, 2021

ASIA: Evergrande’s debt crisis will slow down China’s economic growth, but will likely have minimal spillover on the country’s financial system, Li Daokui, a...