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...
While the decision is still “in the balance", the Germans are open to bringing forward the midfielder's previously agreed summer move to Anfield RB Leipzig are reluctant to sanction the early release of Naby Keita to Liverpool but with the player enthusiastic over a January switch and a further premium on offer, his immediate transfer is a growing possibility. The midfielder already has a contract with the Anfield side that comes into effect on July 1 , after both parties settled on a £57 million deal that could rise to £66m. RELATED KEITA NOT SEEKING LIVERPOOL SWITCH IN JANUARY LIVERPOOL AND NEWCASTLE TARGET TRAPP PLANNING PSG STAY VIDEO: FUTURE LIVERPOOL MAN KEITA HAS 'ENORMOUS QUALITY' NEYMAR, COUTINHO AND THE MOST EXPENSIVE TRANSFERS IN HISTORY However, with Philippe Coutinho departing to Barcelona for a British record £142m and the Reds needing to inject some dynamism into midfield, negotiations have begun...