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 27-year-old attacker is admired by Los Blancos and is likely to be a summer target, but he is not the answer to their problems in front of goal There are problems that need to be resolved at Real Madrid. While it was the defence that took most of the heat following last weekend's 2-2 draw away to Celta Vigo, there are serious issues with the team's attack as well. In the aftermath of that result, which all but ended Los Blancos' hopes of retaining La Liga as they fell provisionally 14 points behind Barcelona, an alarming statistic emerged. For the first time in history, no Madrid player has scored more than four goals after 17 rounds of the Primera Division. Gareth Bale's double at Balaidos means he has four in the league this term, and he is the only player in the competition to have done so in fewer than 500 minutes in 2017-18. Unfortunately, however, those numbers only serve to highlight just how much he has missed, and just how much he has been mis...