South Korea’s latest big export: Jobless college graduates
Cho Min-kyong boasts an engineering degree from one of South Korea’s top universities, a school design award and a near-perfect score in her English proficiency test.
Stock futures slip in Asia amid trade standoff
Stock futures turned red in Asia early on Monday as a standoff in Sino-U.S. trade talks blunted risk appetite, underpinning safe harbors including the Japanese yen and sovereign bonds.
China defiant toward U.S. on trade, Kudlow urges strong enforcement steps
The United States and China appeared at a deadlock over trade negotiations on Sunday as Washington demanded promises of concrete changes to Chinese law and Beijing said it would not swallow any “bitter fruit” that harmed its interests.
Trump says the U.S. is ‘right where we want to be with China’
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the United States is “right where we want to be with China,” adding that Beijing “broke the deal with us” and then sought to renegotiate.
U.S. and China at impasse over trade, Kudlow says new tariffs will remain
The United States and China appeared at a deadlock over trade negotiations on Sunday as Washington demanded promises of concrete changes to Chinese law and Beijing said it would not swallow any “bitter fruit” that harmed its interests.
Germany’s Thyssenkrupp to seek new steel partners, CEO tells paper
Thyssenkrupp will still seek partners for its steel operations after abandoning a European merger with India’s Tata Steel, Chief Executive Guido Kerkhoff said in comments published on Sunday.
SoftBank set to invest in British financing group Greensill
A prospective deal between SoftBank Group Corp’s Vision Fund and UK-based financing group Greensill Capital could be announced as early as Monday, a city source told Reuters.
Bayer hires law firm to investigate Monsanto stakeholder file issue
Bayer said on Sunday it was hiring an external law firm to investigate French media complaints that Monsanto, the U.S. seed maker it took over last year, had compiled a file of influential personalities.
Trump, Xi likely to meet in Japan in June: White House adviser
U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are likely to meet during a G20 summit in Japan at the end of June and discuss trade, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Sunday.
China’s door to talks with U.S. on trade always open: state media
China’s door to talks with the United States about their trade dispute is always open, but China will not yield on important issues of principle, state media said on Sunday.
