Bloomberg China stepped up its push to curb financial risk, cutting its budget deficit target for the first time since 2012 and setting a growth goal of around 6.5 percent that omitted 2017’s aim for a faster pace if possible. The deficit target—released as Premier Li Keqiang delivered his annual report to the National People’s Congress in Beijing—was lowered to ...

Bloomberg PT Go-Jek Indonesia PT could become the country’s first-billion dollar startup to hold an initial public offering after the transport and technology company met with the nation’s equity market. Executives led by Go-Jek President Andre Soelistyo met with officials from the Indonesia Stock Exchange in Jakarta to discuss an IPO, Tito Sulistio, the bourse’s president, told reporters. While the ...

Bloomberg Japan’s aluminum industry is calling on President Donald Trump to rethink his plan to levy a 10 percent tariff on all imports of the metal, saying the action would hurt the country’s sales and could spill over into other industries, triggering a rise in global protectionism. “Our biggest concern is that individual producers in this country will lose business,” ...