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  Bloomberg Chinese bureaucrats are discussing plans to resume some imports of Australian coal after a more than two-year ban as relations between the nations improve. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) held talks on proposals to allow four major importers — China Baowu Steel Group Corp, China Datang Corp, China Huaneng Group Co and China Energy Investment Corp ...

  Bloomberg Asia’s manufacturers remained under pressure in December as activity continued to contract under the weight of slowing global demand. Several purchasing managers indexes were in negative territory across the region. The S&P Global PMI reading for Vietnam fell to 46.4 from 47.4 in November, its lowest reading since September 2021. A reading above 50 indicates expansion from the ...

  Bloomberg Malaysia expects “some kind of finality” in its review of the 5G mobile services contract by this quarter, said Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil, amid fears that it would delay the rollout of the high-speed network. The government’s concerns with the 5G services range from the contracts signed to the speed that the network is being deployed, Fahmi said ...

  Bloomberg Singapore’s recovery held up in 2022, with a relatively strong year-end performance shoring up the economy ahead of an expected global slowdown this year. Gross domestic product grew 3.8% during the year, according to advance estimates from the Ministry of Trade and Industry. That’s a slight beat from the government’s projection for a 3.5% annual expansion. The better-than-forecast ...

  Bloomberg Hyundai Motor Co sold 3.94 million vehicles last year, short of its 4.01 million target as the pandemic, supply disruptions, inflation and concerns of recession continued to strain the industry. Hyundai, which already cut its 2022 forecast from 4.32 million vehicles in October, expects global sales to reach 4.32 million units in 2023 — 3.54 million overseas and ...

  Bloomberg China’s economy ended the year in a major slump as business and consumer spending plunged in December, with more disruption likely in the first few months of the year as Covid infections surge across the country. Official data showed the decline in manufacturing worsened last month, while activity in the services sector plunged the most since February 2020. ...

  Bloomberg The drop for home prices in Sweden continued unabated in the last month of the year, suggesting that 2023 could offer little relief for an already troubled housing market. Prices across the country are now down almost 17% since a peak in the spring, according to state-owned mortgage lender SBAB. The worst slump for the market since the ...

  Bloomberg Canada will require travellers arriving from China from January 5 to provide evidence of a negative Covid-19 test result, taken no more than two days before their departure, to airlines prior to boarding. The requirement applies to those aged two years of age and older and will also apply to those traveling from the Chinese territories of Hong ...

  Bloomberg Venezuela and Colombia officials opened the Atanasio Girardot international bridge, allowing vehicles carrying both passengers and cargo to cross the border between both countries. Completed in 2016 but never used, the bridge also known as Tienditas was inaugurated with a ceremony led by authorities from both countries, including Colombia’s commerce minister German Umana and transportation minister Guillermo Reyes, ...

Bloomberg Brazilian assets tumbled on the first session of 2023 as traders digested plans by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to use state-owned companies to drive economic growth. Petrobras slumped as much as 6.9% in Sao Paulo, the main drag on the benchmark Ibovespa index, which fell 3.1% as of 11:47 am. Lender Banco do Brasil SA dropped as ...