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China has hinted at possible tit-for-tat action against trade barriers imposed by the United States last week, as relations between the two economic superpowers become increasingly fraught. On Sunday, China’s Ministry of Commerce said it was launching an anti-dumping probe into polyoxymethylene or POM copolymers, a thermoplastic used in various industries ...
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The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve is back on the radar of commodity traders, as the Department of Energy sends conflicting signals about a major order. The SPR, which is presently at its lowest levels since the early 1980s, has an authorized capacity of up to 714 million barrels of crude, and moves to refill it can have a major impact on oil prices. Why is ...