Saudi Aramco has announced commercial partnerships worth over $10 billion with 14 American companies during the Saudi-US CEOs forum held in New York, which aims to promote bilateral business and cooperation between the two countries. Source: Rigzone
The Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, has challenged the dollar’s position as the world’s reserve currency, arguing that it could be replaced by a global digital alternative to end a savings glut that resulted in 10 years of low inflation and ultra-low interest rates. Source The Guardian
China said on Friday it will impose retaliatory tariffs against about $75 billion worth of U.S. goods, putting as much as an extra 10% on top of existing rates in the dispute between the world’s top two economies. Source Reuters
Singapore has a message for Elon Musk, taking mass transit is a better climate-change solution than tooling around in one of his Tesla Inc’s electric vehicles. The city-state, which has said its efforts to cope with climate change are as crucial as military defence, has prioritised greater use of its trains and buses, Masagos Zulkifli, minister for environment and water resources, said in an interview Wednesday. Source Free Malaysia Today
