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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan’s top financial regulator said on Saturday it would extend temporary curbs on the short-selling of shares to help ensure stock market stability, and did not give an end date for when the restrictions might be lifted. The curbs were first imposed on April 6 after the United States imposed sweeping import tariffs, …

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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s shipbuilders on Saturday blasted as “short-sighted” U.S. port fees announced by President Donald Trump’s administration on China-linked ships, a measure aimed at the nation’s shipbuilding industry. Trump signed an order on Wednesday aimed at reviving U.S. shipbuilding and reducing China’s grip on the global shipping industry. His government the next day watered …

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SHANGHAI ((Reuters)) – Two Chinese-made COMAC aircraft, branded as C909, started flying routes in Vietnam on Saturday, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), the Chinese planemaker said. The planes were leased by China’s Chengdu Airlines to Vietnamese budget airline VietJet, and the route opening marks the start of COMAC’s commercial operation in Vietnam, according it …

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is considering increasing its soybean and rice imports as a concession in trade negotiations with the U.S. over President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, Japan’s Yomiuri daily reported on Saturday. With Trump’s trade offensive roiling markets and stoking recession fears, Japan is seeking to walk back his “reciprocal” tariffs and other duties …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s fiscal revenue decline slowed in the first three months this year as Beijing works to shore up its economy while weathering the storm from mounting U.S. tariffs. Fiscal revenue in the January-March period totalled 6.0 trillion yuan ($821.54 billion), down 1.1% year-on-year, data from the finance ministry showed on Friday, a …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Friday issued a plan to further open the country’s service sector, proposing to lift foreign equity ratio restrictions for app store services. China’s move to lure more foreign investment into its burgeoning services sector comes as government officials pledge to take steps to boost services consumption to support the economy …

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