Topic: Trade & Sanctions — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-08 12:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea and China are set to hold a fresh round of follow-up negotiations on service and investment under their bilateral free trade agreement, Seoul's trade ministry said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-08 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and China are set to hold a fresh round of follow-up negotiations on service and investment under their bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), Seoul's trade ministry said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-08 10:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BEIJING, April 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The 20th Beijing InfoComm China will open its doors next week 15-17 April 2026 at the China National Convention Center (CNCC), marking the beginning of a landmark era: the 20th year of the InfoComm China brand, followed by the 20th edition of the tradeshow in 2027.
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[2026-04-08 07:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Keeping control of the Strait of Hormuz will be easier for Iran than unseating the dollar's dominance of the global oil trade, despite Tehran’s efforts to dent the greenback’s hegemony, experts say.
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[2026-04-08 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Keeping control of the Strait of Hormuz will be easier for Iran than unseating the dollar's dominance of the global oil trade, despite Tehran’s efforts to dent the greenback’s hegemony, experts say.
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[2026-04-08 07:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US Trade Representative underscores US seeks substantial tariffs, unhindered rare earth access, and a stability-preserving leaders’ meeting
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[2026-04-08 07:03 UTC+10:00] [Washington] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US Trade Representative underscores US seeks substantial tariffs, unhindered rare earth access, and a stability-preserving leaders’ meeting
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[2026-04-08 06:15 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to wipe out Iran’s "whole civilization” and continued attacks on the country’s main oil export facility, as mediators pleaded with the president to extend his Tuesday deadline.
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[2026-04-08 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Angel Reese was business as usual while in New York after the two-time Chicago Sky All-Star was traded to the Atlanta Dream in a Monday blockbuster.
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[2026-04-08 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CHICAGO (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles acquired left-hander Nick Raquet in a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-08 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON - The US economic and trade relationship with China is stable and President Donald Trump will aim to keep it that way in a meeting next month with Chinese President Xi Jinping, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-08 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: There does not seem to be much of an appetite within the Giants to ante up big bucks to appease their disgruntled nose tackle.
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[2026-04-08 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The MLB season continues on Tuesday, offering a great opportunity to get into the prediction market space. Use the Kalshi promo code NYPMAX to begin.
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[2026-04-08 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-08 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Days after the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the “gravest crime against humanity,” the global conversation has shifted from recognition to a more contentious question: who owes Africa?
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[2026-04-08 00:01 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia must reject unconditional free trade and reinvest in critical industries in response to the war in Iran, Nationals leader Matt Canavan has declared, putting him in alignment with the prime minister, who argued last week that Australia had been exposed by years of offshoring production.
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[2026-04-07 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russia’s prime minister has said the war in the Middle East is creating new openings for Moscow to expand its global exports.
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[2026-04-07 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol was interviewed by the French newspaper Le Figaro earlier on Tuesday and warned that the Gulf energy shock "is more severe than those of 1973, 1979, and 2022 combined" because it is affecting oil, gas, food, fertilizers, petrochemicals, helium, and global trade all at once.
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[2026-04-07 20:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: ASML shares fell on Tuesday after U.S. lawmakers last week proposed further measures that would restrict China from additional chipmaking tools and potentially impact the Dutch chip giant's already fragile sales to the country.
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[2026-04-07 20:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Chinese logistics companies are scaling back operations in the Middle East, as the current war continues to heighten geopolitical risks and disrupt global trade.
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[2026-04-07 16:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute survey was conducted across Southeast Asia between Jan. 5 and Feb. 20, before the outbreak of the war with Iran. © Reuters
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[2026-04-07 12:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares continued to trade higher late Tuesday morning despite paring some of the earlier gains, as retail and foreign investors turned to net selling and caution grew ahead of a deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump for a peace deal with Iran.
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[2026-04-07 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares of Samsung Electronics rose as much as 4.8% on Tuesday after the South Korean technology giant forecast record quarterly profit amid strong demand for artificial intelligence chips. Shares later pared gains to trade up 0.52%.In its preliminary earnings guidance, Samsung projected its operating profit for the January-March quarter to reach 57.2 trillion won ($37.8 billion), up more than eightfold from just 6.69 trillion won a year ago.
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[2026-04-07 08:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: John Harbaugh, his Giants honeymoon suddenly over, confronts a franchise-shaking crisis now that Dexter Lawrence has requested a trade and will not report for the start of Tuesday’s offseason program:
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[2026-04-07 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Trading away Dexter Lawrence isn’t what the Giants have in mind when dreaming of acquiring more draft capital.
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[2026-04-07 05:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: With renewed diplomatic ties with Russia, uncertainty in global energy markets, and an increasing focus on trade routes, Sri Lanka’s position on the Euro-Asia maritime trade routes is once again coming into focus. Recent high-level meetings and energy talks and Sri Lanka’s recent participation in a transport forum in Russia further underline the increasing importance of Euro-Asia maritime trade route and the island’s location for both trade and energy security.
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[2026-04-07 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Global shipping accounts for nearly 80–90 per cent of world trade by volume and remains the backbone of the international economy. At the core of this system lies the Flag of Convenience (FOC) model, which enables shipowners to register vessels in jurisdictions offering efficiency, low taxation, and regulatory flexibility.
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[2026-04-07 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: New York Giants defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence II (97) walks off the field after an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)
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[2026-04-07 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Andy Reid sees something no one with the Jets did.
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[2026-04-07 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Angel Reese is already having fun with her recent trade.
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[2026-04-07 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz is only 39km (24 miles) wide at its narrowest point. And yet, 20 million barrels of oil would typically flow through it every day – about 25 percent of the world’s maritime oil trade.
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[2026-04-07 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Dexter Lawrence delivered the first blow to the John Harbaugh Era.
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[2026-04-07 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese (5) makes a pass during a WNBA basketball game against the Indiana Fever in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/AJ Mast, File)
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[2026-04-07 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The biggest golf tournament of the year has arrived, and new users can apply the Kalshi promo code NYPMAX to trade on the hunt for the Green Jacket.
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[2026-04-06 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Audit (CoA) has been appointed as the World Trade Organization's (WTO) external auditor, succeeding France's supreme auditing body, the Cour des Comptes.
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[2026-04-06 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE is “well positioned” to rank among the world's top five global exporters in the next five years as it boosts trade agreements internationally and extends its role in emerging market trade corridors, according to analysts.
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[2026-04-06 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A top adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has threatened that Iranian allies could shut the Bab al-Mandeb shipping route as Tehran has effectively done with the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-06 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Estimated 6 to 7 per cent year-on-year dip in catering sector business over long weekend amid exodus of locals, F&B trade representative says
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[2026-04-06 21:30 UTC+10:00] [Labour Day] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Estimated 6 to 7 per cent year-on-year dip in catering sector business over long weekend amid exodus of locals, F&B trade representative says
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[2026-04-06 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A major Russian oil export terminal on the Black Sea caught fire overnight following a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack, authorities and satellite data indicated, in the latest strike on infrastructure critical to Moscow’s energy revenues.
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[2026-04-06 15:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean industries will see mixed impact from the United States' adjustment of metal tariffs as the effect will be different for each export item, the industry ministry said Monday.
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[2026-04-06 15:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Investors are caught between positioning for a swift deal that ends the war and a significant escalation that could send oil prices and bond yields soaring further as they start a holiday-thinned trading week.
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[2026-04-06 13:30 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Roosters supremo Nick Politis hit Victor Radley with the “heaviest sanction ever imposed on a player in the club’s history” after the forward allegedly attempted to purchase a dangerous drug with the help of former teammate Brandon Smith last year.
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[2026-04-06 12:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Incheon International Airport Corp. said Monday it has expanded a cargo facility for the United Parcel Service to more than four times its previous size, shoring up the country's supply chain with greater import-handling capacity.
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[2026-04-06 12:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks continued to trade higher late Monday morning as investors anticipated a strong performance by Samsung Electronics in its first-quarter earnings guidance this week, boosting optimism in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry.
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[2026-04-06 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- The government will operate a low-interest loan program for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) suffering or expected to suffer damage from South Korea's trade agreements with foreign countries, the industry ministry said Monday.
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[2026-04-06 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) Secretary Dr. Prabath Sugathadasa stated that the association is ready to call off its trade union action if the Health Minister or the Government intervenes to address and resolve the outstanding issues regarding the transfers of medical officers.
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[2026-04-06 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has threatened that “all hell would rain down on” Iran if it did not make a deal, an ultimatum that Tehran has rejected.
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[2026-04-06 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Association of Medical Specialists (AMS) said their members continue to provide services at private hospitals despite the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) launching a strike in Government hospitals.
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[2026-04-06 02:29 UTC+10:00] [Bank of Japan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ultra-low rates turned the yen into easy cash for bankers. But the carry trade now binds global markets to decisions in Tokyo
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