Global stocks sank Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with talks that are aimed at averting a trade war with China. Equities were also dented by poor eurozone economic data, and as Trump cast doubt on a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Trump (is) continuing to drive uncertainty over global trade,” said analyst Joshua Mahony at trading firm IG. “European markets are following their Asian counterparts lower, as a pessimistic tone from Trump is compounded by downbeat economic data,” he added. Markets had surged Monday after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said they had agreed to pull back from imposing threatened tariffs on billions of dollars of goods, and continue talks on a variety of trade issues. However, Trump has declared that he was “not satisfied” with the status of the talks, fuelling worries that the world’s top two economies could still slug out an economically pain...
Real Madrid and Ronaldo may have swept before them in 2017 but come the New Year Messi and Barcelona will be in charge There’s a meme doing the rounds that you might have seen about how to start off your New Year right. Start playing a certain song at a certain time, for example, and the crucial part will kick in at the stroke of midnight. Well, if you start watching Barcelona’s Clasico victory over Real Madrid at precisely 22:47 and 41 seconds on New Year’s Eve, as the clock strikes midnight you’ll see something very special. Lionel Messi’s through-ball for Luis Suarez in the build-up to Barcelona’s second goal was otherworldly and, maybe, a little underappreciated given the melee that got sparked seconds afterwards. RELATED CHELSEA MUST BUY IN JANUARY TO COMPETE WITH PEP'S CITY AND MESSI'S BARCA RONALDO VS MESSI IN EL CLASICO - WHO HAS THE BEST STATS, GOALS AND WIN RECORD? MESSI ASSISTS VIDAL... WITH ONLY ONE BOOT ON! MESSI V RONALDO: WHO WAS MORE SUCCESSF...