Bloomberg Top Chinese and US trade negotiators will speak as soon as next week on progress in implementing a phase-one deal after President Donald Trump threatened to “terminate” the agreement if Beijing wasn’t adhering to the terms. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will be on the call, according to people familiar with the matter. The US will be represented by …

Bloomberg UK house prices may fall 16% because of the economic upheaval caused by the coronavirus, according to a desktop stress test by the Bank of England (BOE). That decline would be in line with the fall in residential property values during the financial crisis, though the central bank says that banks would not suffer “very material losses in the …

Bloomberg European stocks climbed alongside US equity futures on Thursday and Asian shares mostly fell as investors sift the latest company earnings and brace for more data that will show the extent of the fallout from the coronavirus. The pound edged higher after a rate decision. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index opened in the green as most national gauges and …