More Upsides than Downsides for Oil in the 1st half of 2021

USOIL dropped over 1% to  3-day lows at $57.50 after it printed 13-month highs of $58.98 on Wednesday. Brent crude, meanwhile, holds over the $60 mark, a level that has been…

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Reports that the Trump administration has shelved its planned investment ban on Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu

Media reports earlier that the planned blacklist on investments into the three China firms has been dropped.

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US examining further options to respond to China over HK arrests, virus

National Security Adviser O’Brien statement flagging further actions against China. 

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The US is to remove all of its restrictions on its relationship with Taiwan

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the US has for many decades been self-imposing restrictions on how it interacts with Taiwan: Various media reports on Pompeo’s statement note that…

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AUD/USD probes intraday top near 0.7550 on RBA minutes, focus on China data

AUD/USD stays firm near the day’s high of 0.7546, up 0.14% intraday, during the early Tuesday’s The pair recently reacted to the minutes of the RBA’s

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Australian Dollar May Extend Gains Despite Escalating China Trade Tensions

The Australian Dollar may dismiss escalating trade tensions with China and continue moving higher as the easing of coronavirus restrictions accelerates the nation’s economic recovery.

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The US has slashed visas for members of China’s Communist Party from 10 years to 1 month

Posting as an ICYMI on a move to substantially restrict travel to the United States by members of China’s ruling Communist Party and their families. China, unsurprisingly,  says the visa…

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Risk appetite holds; Commodities notably up!

Canada’s CPI accelerated to a 0.7% y/y pace in October from the 0.5% rate of expansion (y/y, nsa) in September. CPI climbed 0.4% on a month comparable, not seasonally adjusted, basis…

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(Australia news) China has indefinitely suspended imports of all Victorian timber logs

Trade tensions with China are not going away any time soon. to local media for more Link here

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China’s latest coronavirus outbreak appears to be abating already

China reports 16 new confirmed COVID-19 cases today (data as of the end of October 26). And 50 new ‘asymptomatic’ cases.  Yesterday:

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