China posted a record overall trade surplus in July of over $101 billion, with exports up 18% from 2021, while imports rose 2.3%, which suggests consumption is soft.

Activists fear that US-China split may sap global ambition if it becomes an excuse for countries that are unwilling to step up and take action

Six Russian cargo vessels and at least one oil tanker sanctioned by the US for their history of transporting weapons for Moscow or oil from Iran docked in India over the past month

Beijing separately announced that it would personally sanction Nancy Pelosi and her immediate family in response to her "vicious" and "provocative" actions.

Sliding values of stocks held by SoftBank's Vision Fund suggest more bad news when CEO Masayoshi Son reports first-quarter earnings next week

The dollar was unable to recoup losses after it slid 0.68% over night, as investors remained on the sidelines awaiting US jobs data

China was the top buyer of US agricultural and related products in the first half of this year, according to US Census Bureau data

Zambia, whose external debt amounted to more than $17 billion at the end of 2021, was the first African country to default in the pandemic era

Trading in the Hong Kong digital bank's stock, which was regularly noted on Reddit's WallStreetBets this week, has seen its market cap pass Goldman Sachs since listing last month

YMTC's new chip marks a breakthrough for the company and helps it close the gap on rivals including the US's Micron and South Korea's SK Hynix.

The visit will do nothing to ease political gridlock for the planemaker, whose CEO said last week 737 MAX deliveries to China remain blocked by Covid and geopolitical tension

Experts say there could be major impacts, such as price surges, if Washington limits shipments of US chipmaking equipment to memory chip producers in China