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Asian markets wobble as US, China trade jibes over trade
Shares wobbled Monday after US and Chinese officials traded jibes in their widening clash over trade and technology. China’s Shanghai Composite lost 0.3 percent to [...]
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Asia markets fall as investors seek safe-haven assets
Asian markets largely tumbled on Monday, tracking global losses as Wall Street clocked its worst month this year, with investors opting for safe-haven assets in the wake of [...]
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Asia markets fall after Trump announces Mexico tariffs
Asian stocks edged down Friday as US President Donald Trump’s sudden announcement of tariffs on all Mexican imports saw Tokyo shares drop, rattling investors. [...]
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Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam added to US currency watchlist
The US Treasury added Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam to a watchlist for currency manipulation, putting their foreign-exchange policies under scrutiny. Singapore made the [...]
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Asian markets slump over slowdown fears
Asian markets largely fell Thursday as Beijing ratcheted up its rhetoric against Washington, fanning investor anxiety over the US-China trade war and a potential global [...]
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Asian shares mixed as markets await news on China-US trade
Shares were mixed early Monday in Asia in the absence of fresh news on the tariffs standoff between the US and China. US markets will be closed for the Memorial Day holiday. [...]
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Most Asian markets see further losses as trade row rumbles along
The increasingly fractious trade row between China and the United States was the main focus of Asian investor angst Friday, with most markets down to extend the previous [...]
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As Asia’s worst currency keeps dropping, warnings get louder
Are South Korean authorities drawing a line in the sand for the won? As the currency dropped around 2 percent this month toward 1,200 against the dollar, the Ministry of [...]
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Huawei and trade war weigh on Asian markets
Concerns about the worsening Huawei row and the broader China-US trade war put pressure on Asia equities on Tuesday, with analysts warning the crisis could rumble on for some [...]
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Asian stocks mixed after Wall Street fall on Huawei anxiety
Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday after anxiety over US restrictions on sales to Chinese tech giant Huawei pulled Wall Street lower. Benchmarks in Shanghai and Seoul advanced, [...]
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Most Asian markets up but trade row rumbles on
Most Asian markets rose Monday after Donald Trump showed signs of conciliation in his trade wars but investors remain on edge over the China-US standoff with some concerns [...]
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Asian shares mixed as Huawei sanctions stir trade fears
Asian stocks were mixed on Friday amid worries that US economic sanctions on Huawei would cast a pall on trade negotiations with China. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed 0.4 [...]
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Asian markets mixed after US rally, Brexit back to haunt pound
Asian markets were mixed Friday as another rally on Wall Street and data indicating a strong US economy were offset by the increasingly tense trade and technology stand-off [...]
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Asian markets sink as Trump further stokes trade war fears
Asian markets mostly fell Thursday as Donald Trump’s ban preventing US companies from using foreign telecoms equipment jolted investors who saw it as targeting Chinese [...]
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China, HK stocks gain on trade, stimulus hopes
Chinese stocks broke a two-day losing streak as traders hoped for fresh stimulus on weak economic data and an end to the US-China trade impasse. The Shanghai Composite gained [...]
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