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Bloomberg Opec+ is poised for a debate about lax implementation of oil-production cuts in Vienna this week, with Russia asking to discuss a rule change that would exclude some of its oil production from the group’s quota. Ministers from some of the world’s largest oil producers are gathering this week, and typically their discussions wouldn’t focus on a niche hydrocarbon …

NEW YORK / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has reiterated the UAE’s support for the aspirations of the Palestinian people to self-determination, highlighting the country’s regional and international efforts to ease their suffering. He made this statement as part of a solidarity message directed to Ambassador Cheikh Niang, Chair of the United Nations, UN, Committee …

Bloomberg President Donald Trump declared that talks with China on the first phase of a trade deal were near completion after negotiators from both sides spoke by phone, signaling progress on an accord in the works for nearly two years. “We’re in the final throes of a very important deal,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “It’s going very …

Bloomberg Oil sank as production hit a record high and refinery demand slipped, pushing stockpiles higher across US. Futures fell as much as 0.8% in New York after Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that the US commercial crude inventories rose 1.57 million barrels last week and output hit 12.9 million barrels a day. The EIA report also showed gasoline inventories rose …

HANOI / WAM Vietnam attracted $31.8 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), in the first eleven months of 2019, up 3 percent year-on-year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA), under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Of the figure, $14.68 billion was poured into 3,478 new projects, up 28 percent for the number of projects but down 7 percent …

GENEVA / WAM More than $500 billion a year needs to be invested if countries are to meet a basic set of social protection measures – known as a social protection floor – by 2030, says a new ILO report. According to report, measuring financing gaps in social protection for achieving SDG target 1.3: Global estimates and strategies for developing …

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE won membership of the Executive Board of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), for the 2020-2022 period, thus becoming the representative of the Organisation ‘s Asian member states. This is the first time that the UAE has become a member of the OPCW Executive Board since its joining date on December …

Bloomberg Oil rose on signs of progress in trade talks between the US and China, and estimates that American crude inventories retreated for the first time in five weeks. Futures gained 0.6% to trade above $58 a barrel in New York. Washington and Beijing “reached consensus on properly resolving relevant issues” to pursue a “phase one” trade deal during a …

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE) – a subsidiary of DMCC, the Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise – announced on Monday that it had successfully hosted one of the largest rough diamond tenders ever to take place in the UAE. Stargems – a DMCC-registered international diamond company with interests in all aspects of the …

ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) on Monday announced that it has signed an agreement with Xinfa to supply bauxite from its Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC), bauxite mine in the Republic of Guinea to the Chinese company for the next five years. Under the agreement, EGA will supply Xinfa with millions of tonnes of bauxite each year from …