Hong Kong, Oct 16, 2025 (AFP) - Markets mixed as traders weigh China-US row, rate cut hopes

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2025-10-16

Markets were mixed on Thursday as investors weighed the latest volleys in the China-US trade war and expectations that the Federal Reserve will continue cutting interest rates this year. Equities have been in flux this week since US President Donald Trump fanned the embers in his tariff row with Beijing on Friday, threatening 100 percent levies on Chinese goods in retaliation for its recent rare-earth export controls. While he tempered his rhetor......

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