Soros urged the US Congress to empower the Securities and Exchange Commission to limit the flow of funds to China and said its investments in the nation are a ''tragic mistake.''
Trade data shows export shipments were up 25.6% on year, while imports were also above analysts' expectations
Officials will set benchmark fees and ranges that account for factors such as local economic conditions and family affordability, Beijing says
With trade tensions expected to continue, Frydenberg advised businesses to look at new markets opened as a result of recent free-trade agreements.
Taylor city is trying to attract Samsung to locate a huge new computer chip plant there, rather than Austin, or in two other states
China's economic czar stressed that the government would continue to 'vigorously support' the private sector and development of the digital economy
Richard Liu will focus on long-term strategies and training, while Xu Lei will become president and manage the company. Liu is the fourth tech boss to opt out in recent years.
Sources say Japan's Trade Ministry is ready to back Western Digital's bid to merge with Kioxia if it gives the country more leverage in geopolitical tech rivalries, and a way to counter chip shortages
Purchasing Managers' Index fell to 46.7 in August from 54.9 in July, its lowest level since the first wave of the Covid pandemic in April 2020
Fumio Kishida is one of four LDP figures seen as potential candidates to succeed Yoshihide Suga, along with Sanae Takaichi, Taro Kono and Shigeru Ishiba
China's plan to launch a new exchange in Beijing hit the shares of Shenzhen's ChiNext board amid fears of greater rivalry
Micronesia will use US funds to lay an undersea cable between two of its four states on part of a route proposed under a previous project that failed to materialise amid geopolitical wrangling