US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Wednesday called for G20 major economies to refrain from coercive actions on food trade, tackle industrial overcapacity and re-examine the prevailing post-World War Two tariff system.

Factory activity across Asia expanded in September thanks to the global AI ‌boom, private surveys showed on Thursday, offering some relief to policymakers who are concerned about nagging cost pressures attributable to the US-Israeli war on Iran.

Asian stocks were subdued on Thursday and global bonds remained under pressure after a brutal September as investors weighed a slower-than-expected rise in US inflation in August that lessens the probability of a rate hike later this month.

Stock market investors might have been expected to run for the hills in the face of an extraordinary surge in global borrowing costs, currency interventions, wars, oil back above $100 a barrel and warnings that AI might wipe out humanity.

China's commerce ministry has decided to extend two probes into US trade practices it launched ‌in March by three months until December 27, according to ministry statements.

China will start collecting an additional 55% tariff on Brazil's beef shipments on October 1 after the South American country reached its annual ‌quota of 1.1 million metric tons, the commerce ministry said on Wednesday.

China's soybean buying is likely to decline in the months ahead due to weak animal feed demand and negative crush margins, leaving little room for US ‌cargoes as they were excluded from proposed tariff relief after last week's Washington summit.

China's factory activity expanded in September, official and private surveys showed on Wednesday, as easing weather disruptions allowed ‌factories to resume operations and a global AI boom supported the industrial sector.

Global bonds inched up on Wednesday but were set for their worst month in years, hit by a mix of deteriorating government finances, a glut of debt issuance and rising inflation as the seven-month-old US-Israeli war on Iran keeps energy costs elevated.

Europe's mobile telecoms operators could get more time to phase out equipment from suppliers deemed high risk, according to a proposal by EU governments seen by ‌Reuters, after the sector complained replacement could reach €40 billion ($45 billion).

Oil prices rose and bond yields were pinned at multi-year highs on Tuesday, leaving equities in a tricky spot, as investors braced for an era where short-term ‌borrowing costs settle at their highest levels in years.

China's Gotion will invest €1.1 billion ($1.25 billion) in Volkswagen's battery plant in Valencia under a ‌broader plan to jointly develop a European battery supply chain.

President Donald Trump hoped his pomp-filled summit with Xi Jinping in Washington last week would showcase the strength of his personal relationship with the Chinese leader.

China is set to cut tariffs on a broad range of US agricultural goods, from corn and wheat to meat and dairy, but top import item soybeans were excluded from a tariff-reduction list jointly issued by China's commerce ministry and the White House.

Nissan will launch the Rogue e-Power hybrid in the US in November as it aims for hybrid vehicles to "very quickly" account for 30% to 40% ‌of total C-segment mid-sized car sales in that market, Nissan Americas Chairman Christian Meunier said on Monday.

Global stocks fell on Monday, as oil jumped on the stalemate in US-Iranian talks and action in the Treasury market pointed to investors preparing for interest rates to rise and remain higher for a protracted period of time.

Donald Trump has taken a less combative approach than usual ahead of his meeting with Xi Jinping this week — a sign of Beijing's growing power thanks to critical minerals, China experts said.