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...
The Portuguese crying 'poor mouth' is somewhat farcical given the fact that the Red Devils have not been shy about opening the cheque book Jose Mourinho’s reaction to Manchester City steaming away to win the Premier League title has been predictable. He wants more signings; he is demanding Manchester United and the executive vice-chairman Edward Woodward spend more money to compete. "We are in the second year of trying to rebuild a football team you know is not one of the best teams in the world," he argued on December 26. RELATED MOURINHO BLASTS MAN UTD LEGEND SCHOLES FOR POGBA CRITICISM MOURINHO CONSIDERING ADDITIONS MOURINHO SALUTES 'TOP CLASS' MAN UNITED AFTER BREAKING WINLESS RUN POGBA: MANCHESTER UNITED WOKE UP AT EVERTON "Manchester City buy full-backs for the price of the strikers, so when you speak about big football clubs, you are speaking about the history of the club." His lamentation suggest...