French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot held a call on Monday with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi to discuss the Iran war and both agreed to work on de-escalation, Barrot's office said in a statement.
While it's tempting to assume the dollar's long-lost "safety" bid has returned since the weekend Iran attacks, it's not as clear-cut as it seems and owes more to relative energy plays. Yet the implications of the market response may be just as powerful.
Japan is in talks with India to jointly explore rare earth deposits in the desert state of Rajasthan, two people familiar with the discussions said, as Tokyo seeks to reduce reliance on China for supplies critical to magnet manufacturing.