BEIJING, Nov 5 (Reuters) – China will suspend its 24% additional tariff on U.S. goods for one year but retain a 10% levy, the State Council’s tariff commission said on Wednesday, following last week’s meeting between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump. The commission also announced China, the world’s top agricultural buyer, will…
South Korea leads declines amid broad retreat Bitcoin, gold attempt recovery after selloff Wall Street CEOs question sustainability of rally SINGAPORE, Nov 5 (Reuters) – Asian stocks extended an overnight selloff on Wall Street in early trading on Wednesday as investor concerns about stretched valuations sapped confidence. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan…
BELEM, Brazil, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday he will call his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump again if talks between their countries do not progress by the end of COP30, the United Nations climate conference Brazil is hosting this month. Lula and Trump met in Malaysia in…
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Indexes: Dow down 0.3%, S&P 500 up 0.2%, Nasdaq up 0.6% Kimberly-Clark to acquire Kenvue for about $48.7 bln Iren jumps after $9.7 bln contract with Microsoft U.S. manufacturing activity contracts in October Nov 3 2025 – The S&P 500 and Nasdaq edged higher on Monday, after a slew of AI deals boosted megacap companies…
WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will not attend the Supreme Court’s upcoming oral arguments concerning the legality of his global tariffs. Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he does not “want to do anything to deflect the importance” of the decision. The Supreme Court is…
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Nov 1 (Reuters) – The White House on Saturday released details about the agreement that U.S. President Donald Trump reached this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping to de-escalate their countries’ trade war, including U.S. tariff reductions and a pause in Beijing’s new restrictions on rare earth minerals and magnets. The deal, which also includes…
SEOUL, Nov 1 (Reuters) – North Korea said on Saturday that denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, which South Korea said will be discussed in a summit with China later that day, is an unrealisable “pipe dream,” according to state media KCNA. Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung are set to…
WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday denied he was considering strikes inside Venezuela, appearing to contradict his own comments from last week and amid intensifying expectations that Washington may soon expand drug-trafficking-related operations. The United States has built up a large military presence in the Caribbean in recent months, with fighter…