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Trump undecided on ‘steel import measures’

Bloomberg President Donald Trump hasn’t decided yet whether to impose punitive measures on steel imports for reasons of national secur- ity, as the administration missed a self-imposed deadline to conclude its investigation. While the Commerce Department has until early next year to determine whether foreign-made steel threatens US security under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, Secretary Wilbur Ross …

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Hong Kong should profit from China – not defy it, warns Xi

Bloomberg President Xi Jinping warned a divided Hong Kong that challenges to China’s rule wouldn’t be tolerated and said the city’s leaders must find new ways to profit from Chinese economic clout. Xi’s stern speech on Saturday — at a ceremony in which he swore in Carrie Lam, 60, as Hong Kong’s first female chief executive — capped a three-day …

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‘IS decline makes Singapore a target’

Bloomberg Terrorism is entrenched in Southeast Asia and will only worsen as IS’s fortunes fade and foreign fighters skilled in bomb making and hijacking return from the Middle East, Singapore’s defense minister said. “When we talk about endemic threats we usually refer to threats like dengue or tuberculosis, which means that it’s here to stay, that despite years of effort …

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