Bloomberg China’s official factory gauge started the new year on a robust note, giving policy makers a buffer to transition to neutral policy settings as they prepare for potential trade tensions with a Donald Trump-led White House. Manufacturing purchasing managers index was 51.3 in January, compared with a median estimate of 51.2 in a Bloomberg survey of economists and …

  Bloomberg India is planning to create a state-owned oil giant through mergers to match the might of international companies and billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd. “We see opportunities to strengthen our central public-sector enterprises through consolidation, mergers and acquisitions,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in Parliament while presenting the federal budget for the year beginning April 1. “It …

  Bloomberg World leaders aren’t taking Donald Trump’s trade barbs lying down. After the US president said Germany and Japan are gaming foreign-exchange markets to win favorable trade terms, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe joined German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday in pushing back and leading a global counter-charge to the accusations. “A massive clash is starting to emerge with …