Topic: Trade & Sanctions — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-08 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Vietnam’s drive to energise its economy may take time to materialise in the face of rising fuel costs and trade barriers, analysts say
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[2026-05-08 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Southeast Asian] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Vietnam’s drive to energise its economy may take time to materialise in the face of rising fuel costs and trade barriers, analysts say
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[2026-05-08 09:19 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-05-08 08:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: President Donald Trump ordered 10 per cent tariffs on most imports to the US earlier this year. (AP: Matt Rourke)
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[2026-05-08 08:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The US trade court on Thursday ruled against President Trump’s latest 10% global tariffs, finding across-the-board tariffs were not justified under a 1970s trade law.
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[2026-05-08 08:34 UTC+10:00] [Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: A federal court on Thursday ruled that President Donald Trump unlawfully used Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose a 10 percent global tariff — a backup plan the president implemented after the Supreme Court struck down his more sweeping worldwide tariffs earlier this year.
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[2026-05-08 08:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 7 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. trade court ruled Thursday against President Donald Trump's 10 percent global tariffs in another legal setback to his trade policy, as his administration is already working to replace its emergency duties struck down by the Supreme Court in February.
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[2026-05-08 07:43 UTC+10:00] [Trump tariffs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump also issues new deadline for EU to implement trade deal terms before raising tariffs to ‘much higher levels’
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[2026-05-08 07:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. and Iran opened fire in the Strait of Hormuz, with each side claiming the other initiated the attack.
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[2026-05-08 07:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump adjusts his microphone while speaking during an event for military mothers in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-05-08 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would give the European Union until July 4 to implement trade deal commitments before he raises tariffs on EU goods including cars to "much higher levels."
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[2026-05-08 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: President Donald Trump has threatened "much higher" tariffs on the European Union (EU) by 4 July if the bloc fails to drop its levies on the US to zero.
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[2026-05-08 06:18 UTC+10:00] [Tariffs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The president threatened to raise tariffs to “much higher levels” on the EU if an agreement isn’t reached.
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[2026-05-08 06:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 7 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to raise tariffs on goods from the European Union (EU) to "much higher levels" if it fails to fulfill its end of last year's trade deal with the United States by July 4.
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[2026-05-08 05:59 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A business meeting between the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) delegation and the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) was successfully held on 06th May 2026 at the EDB premises in Colombo, reaffirming the longstanding economic ties between Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
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[2026-05-08 05:55 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Maldives currently runs a trade deficit with Sri Lanka of over $166 million. While this reflects the strong presence of Sri Lankan goods in the Maldivian market, it also signals an opportunity to deepen and rebalance the partnership through greater two-way trade, targeted investments and high-impact joint ventures, Mohamed Saeed, Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Maldives told the Sri Lanka, Maldives Business Forum held in Colombo on Tuesday (5).
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[2026-05-08 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Indianapolis Colts cornerback Kenny Moore II (23) runs on the sidelines during an NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers, Dec. 22, 2025, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Zach Bolinger, File)
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[2026-05-08 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Red Sox and Rays enter Thursday’s series opener at Fenway Park both hot off series sweeps.
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[2026-05-08 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump meets with UFC fighters, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-05-08 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has met US President Donald Trump at the White House, for talks that were expected to focus on trade, security, and critical minerals as Lula seeks to reset their rocky relationship.
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[2026-05-08 04:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: For an $18 billion market-cap company, data-center owner Iren trades like one of the AI giants.The company had two of the top 20 biggest options trades in the market on Thursday and a total $173 million of premium traded hands, with 73% of that in calls.By comparison, less than a million dollars of options traded in total between data-center real-estate stocks Equinix and Digital Realty Trust, whose combined market cap is almost ten times Iren's.
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[2026-05-08 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Bill Yuen, London office’s manager, and Peter Wai found guilty of assisting foreign intelligence service on Thursday
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[2026-05-08 02:18 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Bill Yuen, London office’s manager, and Peter Wai found guilty of assisting foreign intelligence service on Thursday
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[2026-05-08 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Over the weekend, we reported that in what some called a "watershed moment", Beijing ordered Chinese companies not to comply with US sanctions on five domestic refiners linked to the Iranian oil trade, deploying for the first time a blocking measure introduced in 2021 that was aimed at protecting its firms from foreign laws it deemed unjustified.
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[2026-05-07 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai ports operator DP World has launched cargo war risk insurance as Middle East trade routes remain severely disrupted by the fallout from the Iran war.
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[2026-05-07 21:06 UTC+10:00] [Big Tech] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — An agreement to implement the EU’s trade deal with the United States is on track to be finalized later this month, senior lawmaker Bernd Lange told POLITICO.
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[2026-05-07 20:07 UTC+10:00] [Trade] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-07 19:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Rwanda and Botswana have signed six cooperation agreements aimed at deepening bilateral ties and boosting collaboration across key sectors including trade, transport and regional connectivity.
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[2026-05-07 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, right, listens to Rep. John James, R-Mich., left, speak during a tour of Atomic Industries’ manufacturing facility, Thursday, April 9, 2026, in Warren, Mich. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-05-07 18:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S.-Iran war had created a "new wake-up call" for global trade, Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc told CNBC on Thursday, warning that the impact could worsen in the coming months.
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[2026-05-07 18:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is pushing for a stronger yuan to help globalise the currency, but the upswing could create issues for the country’s export giants
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[2026-05-07 18:22 UTC+10:00] [United Arab Emirates] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is pushing for a stronger yuan to help globalise the currency, but the upswing could create issues for the country’s export giants
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[2026-05-07 17:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kenya’s new president William Ruto holds up a ceremonial sword as he is sworn in to office at a ceremony held at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
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[2026-05-07 16:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- Creditors of Yeochun NCC, a major producer of ethylene products in the country, decided to raise the upper limit of the company's letter of credit (L/C) to US$300 million, to help secure naphtha supplies, the financial regulator said Thursday.
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[2026-05-07 15:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has called on the international community to jointly respond to the recent spread of trade restrictive measures by major economies in a high-level meeting of World Trade Organization (WTO) member nations, the trade ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-05-07 15:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) have failed to cooperate properly on nuclear power plant export projects, resulting in overlapping expenditures and other inefficiencies, the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) said Thursday.
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[2026-05-07 13:11 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Albanese government announces east coast gas reservation policy, which will require producers to set aside 20% of export volumes
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[2026-05-07 09:15 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Talks between EU lawmakers and governments on implementing a U.S. trade deal ended without a breakthrough on Wednesday night.
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[2026-05-07 09:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's first plans to invest in the United States under a bilateral trade deal can be announced after a relevant law goes into effect in June, Seoul's Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan said Wednesday.
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[2026-05-07 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: By Song Sang-ho and Hong Jung-kyu
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[2026-05-07 08:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Trade, Taiwan and global tensions will likely top President Donald Trump’s agenda when he travels to China next week for a two-day summit.
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[2026-05-07 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A suspected stash house in South Los Angeles run by gang members accused of deadly drug dealing at notoriously MacArthur Park was swarmed Wednesday morning by federal agents — who caught their targets allegedly trying to flush fentanyl down the toilet.
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[2026-05-07 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: They’re loud. They’re massive. And, if you live anywhere near one, you probably don’t want it in your backyard.
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[2026-05-07 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka remained resilient through fiscal discipline, structural reforms, strengthened governance and strong international support, despite facing several challenges during recent times, including global uncertainties and tensions, shifting trade conditions and the impact of severe weather, Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya told the Sri Lanka Maldives Business Forum held in Colombo on May 5.
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[2026-05-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kalshi has a welcome bonus for first-time users who want to sign up for the fast-growing prediction market platform this spring.
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[2026-05-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Cars] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: ROME — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads to Rome this week with two sensitive missions: contain a public spat with the Vatican and ease tensions with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over defense and trade.
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[2026-05-07 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Just a week after Amy Oldenburg, Morgan Stanley’s head of digital assets, spent the better part of an hour making a case for bitcoin that few clients have heard in full (a gap she says is the industry’s most urgent problem), the bank announces the launch of crypto trading on E*Trade, charging 50bps in a pilot that undercuts rivals like Coinbase, Robinhood, and Charles Schwab.
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[2026-05-07 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Nature Boy is very upset with the Lakers’ wonder boy.
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[2026-05-07 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Karen Bass and Councilwoman Nithya Raman went to war Tuesday night in a blistering mayoral debate that exploded into a public brawl over crime, homelessness, police staffing and who voters should blame for Los Angeles spiraling deeper into chaos.
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[2026-05-06 22:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LEIPZIG, Germany -- Transport ministers and senior officials from member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) gathered in Germany on Wednesday to discuss how to strengthen the resilience of transport systems as global trade and travel face growing disruptions.
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