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Market Talk – September 9, 2019

ASIA: US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said today that the US and China has a “conceptual” agreement on enforcement concerns, stating positive progress has...

Market Talk – September 6, 2019

ASIA: China took more action to boost its economy by reducing the amount of cash banks have in reserve. The PBC said it would reduce the reserve requirement ratio...

Market Talk – September 5, 2019

ASIA: There was a somewhat successful call yesterday between US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He. The call concluded that the US...

Market Talk – September 4, 2019

ASIA: China today has officially filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) as the US raised tariffs from 10 to 15 percent over the weekend on 300...

Market Talk – September 3, 2019

ASIA: Over the weekend the U.S. imposed a 15% tariff on a range of Chinese goods. Today, China returned the favor by imposing new charges on US. products. US...

Market Talk – August 30, 2019

ASIA: China today told Philippines President Duterte that the disputed area of the South China Sea was not up for negotiations as President Xi and Duterte met in...

Market Talk – August 29, 2019

ASIA: Chinese military vehicles today have been seen moving into Hong Kong according to reports. However, according to the state run news agency Xinhua, this was...

Market Talk – August 28, 2019

ASIA: Tensions are rising between the US and China as one US Navy warship was denied to dock in the port city of Qingdao. This is the second event in the space of a...

Market Talk – August 27, 2019

ASIA: Contrary to US comments that two calls were made over the weekend, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said that he did not hear of any call being...

Market Talk – August 26, 2019

ASIA: Over the weekend, the Hong Kong protests began to turn violent with the police stating 100 rioters were armed with weapons. Police fired a live warning shot...