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Market Talk – June 2, 2021

ASIA: Chinese and US senior trade officials held a virtual meeting to ramp up trade talks. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He held a virtual meeting with US Treasury...

Market Talk – June 1, 2021

ASIA: China has announced that it will allow couples to have up to three children after census data showed a steep decline in birth rates. The cost of raising...

Market Talk – May 28, 2021

ASIA: Despite a reasonable economic recovery, the giant Chinese economy will be bedeviled by serious problems, says a top corporate survey specializing in China....

Market Talk – May 27, 2021

ASIA: The US and China’s top trade negotiators have held “candid, pragmatic” talks, in their first meeting under the Biden presidency. US Trade...

Market Talk – May 26, 2021

ASIA: As the trade deal between the U.S. and China runs into its second year, Chinese purchases are still running short of the agreed amount, according to the...

Market Talk – May 25, 2021

ASIA: Cryptocurrency miners, including HashCow and BTC.TOP, have halted all or part of their China operations after Beijing intensified a crackdown on bitcoin...

Market Talk – May 24, 2021

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 46.78 points or 0.17% to 28,364.61 Shanghai increased 10.73 points or 0.31%...

Market Talk – May 21, 2021

ASIA: Trade between China and the US continued an upward trend in the past four months, official data showed, highlighting inseparable economic relations between...

Market Talk – May 20, 2021

ASIA: Indian refiners and at least one European refiner is re-evaluating their crude purchases to make room for Iranian oil in the second half of this year,...

Market Talk – May 19, 2021

ASIA: The price of Bitcoin fell below $34,000 (£24,030) for the first time in three months on Wednesday, after China imposed fresh curbs on cryptocurrencies....