Australia

14/10 - 18:30 - Aprovado na Argentina, cereal tolerante à seca enfrenta resistência no Brasil

Top diplomats from the U.S., Australia and India plan to gather in Tokyo next week to discuss their common regional concerns, such as China's increasingly assertive actions, in the first face-to-face ministerial meetings Japan will host since the coronavirus pandemic began.

The country joins the US, Japan, the UK and Germany in technical recession, defined as two straight quarters of decline, in Australia's first such downturn since 1991.

The Supply Chain Resilience Initiative will look to secure supply chains and reduce dependence on China in wake of the disruptions caused by the coronavirus. The supply chain initiative could also eventually be expanded to include the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)

Stocks in Asia Pacific were mostly lower on Friday as tensions between Beijing and Washington weighed on investor sentiment.

China on Tuesday announced the suspension of extradition treaties and agreements on mutual assistance for criminal matters between the Hong Kong Special Administration Region (HKSAR) and Canada, Australia and the UK in response to the three countries’ interference in China’s domestic affairs.

Argentina is jockeying to get more of its malt barley into Chinese beer, now that Asia's mega-economy is locked in a trade fight with its top barley supplier Australia, according to industry sources in the South American grains powerhouse.

Deal being seen as part of security cooperation to balance China's growing economic and military weight in the region.

14:30 - Request emerges as experts warn of ‘collateral damage’ from Xi Jinping and Donald Trump deal to end trade war. China’s decision to impose 80% tariffs on barley from Australia coincided with a move to allow imports of the same product from the US.