Thailand’s Commerce Ministry has renewed its income guarantee scheme to include rubber and oil palm as top priority agricultural products to be presented to the new government, which advocated income guarantees as part of its election manifesto.

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China’s yuan skidded against the U.S. dollar on Monday, weakening beyond the key 7-per-dollar level for the first time in more than a decade, as pressure mounted on the world’s second-biggest economy from an escalating trade row.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares extended their losses on Monday as a sharp escalation in the Sino-U.S. trade war kept finiancial markets on edge, while the Japanese yen and bonds held near recent peaks as nervous investors stuck with perceived safe havens.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Monday amid concerns about weaker crude demand after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose tariffs on more Chinese imports, potentially ramping up a trade war between the world’s two largest economies.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Global stocks took another beating on Friday with investors piling into safe-haven assets after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would slap a 10% tariff on the remaining $300 billion of Chinese imports starting Sept. 1.

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese yen hit a more-than-one month high against the dollar and multi-year peaks against antipodean currencies on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump broke a truce in the Sino-U.S. trade war, bolstering demand for safe-havens.