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President Trump said that Beijing was not honoring the terms of a temporary agreement and warned of further confrontation.
Official PMI remains below 50, with ‘persistently high uncertainty’ in global trade tipped to weigh on growth outlook in both US and China.
China is threatening legal action against anyone enforcing the U.S.' recent guidelines against using Huawei's AI chips.
Friday closed down -0.15 (-0.25%), and July RBOB gasoline (RBN25) closed down -0.0221 (-1.08%). Crude oil and gasoline prices today fell to 3-week lows. Dollar strength Friday weighed on crude prices along with the escalation of trade tensions between the US and China,
Gold declined and the dollar advanced as traders assessed US data on consumer spending, the flow of imports and renewed trade tensions between America and China. Most Read from BloombergNYC Congestion Toll Brings In $216 Million in First Four MonthsNow With Colorful Blocks,
China will not send its defense minister to this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue, shunning a chance to meet his US and Asian counterparts as tensions simmer with Washington.
The U.S. trade deficit in goods narrowed sharply in April as the boost from the front-running of imports ahead of tariffs faded. The goods trade gap contracted 46.0% to $87.6 billion last month, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said on Friday.