This time from Liu He its via the South China Morning Post, picking up on his comments about Hong Kong – says Beijing is committed to maintaining Hong Kong's status as an international financial hub
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Pompeo's meeting with his China counterpart – stressed need to share virus information
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi met in Hawaii. – Pompeo, stressed need for full transparency, information sharing to combat covid-19 pandemic, prevent future outbreaks
ForexLive Asia FX news wrap: Risk trades slump again in Asia
Forex news for Asia trading Thursday 18 June 2020 Early Asia trade saw a lower USD/JPY, currencies elsewhere a little lower against the USD and equities once again under selling pressure.
Australian PM Morrison says the hit to jobs from coronavirus is devastating
Morrison referring to the data out earlier: Says the blow is devastating. He is correct, it has been for many people. Adds he sees 'ray of light'. Australian Treasurer Frydenberg weighs in with similar comments:
China says again it opposes US Uigher rights bill, vows to retaliate
China urges U.S. to "immediately correct its mistakes, stop using Xinjiang law to harm China's interests and interfere with China's international affairs – threatens a resolute response if US moves forward with the Uyghur rights bill Meanwhile Trump is on Fox reiterating his blaming China for spreading the virus. Strains be
More from Trump – says wont be closing the country again
Trump interview on Fox – says won't be closing the country again with the new coronavirus outbreaks Trump also speaking about the tell all book from former official Bolton – says Bolton broke the law
ADB take a sword to their developing Asia 2020 growth forecast: slashed to 0.1% (from 2.2%)
Asia Development Bank For bank trade ideas, check out eFX Plus
Trump says very close to a vaccine
Utter rubbish, as usual. Trump interview on Fox, softball questions, ass kissing. You know the drill. For bank trade ideas, check out eFX Plus
China's vice Premier says economy has gradually improved
China's Vice Premier is Liu He (the guy that led trade negotiations with the US) – says economy has gradually improved – various economic indicators have shown marginal improvement
Cable continues push and pull between key moving average levels; BOE in focus
GBP/USD battle resides between the 100-hour moving average and the 100-day moving average ahead of the BOE For bank trade ideas, check out eFX Plus The near-term chart continues to show that sellers remain in near-term control as price action is keeping under both key hourly moving averages. Notably, sellers have been leaning on the […]