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 Chile international has added to United's raft of option in attack but they have increasing issues to address in other areas The excitement and anticipation of seeing Alexis Sanchez start in a thrilling Manchester United forward line lasted all of 10.48 seconds on Wednesday night. Jose Mourinho would later pinpoint the four errors his team made in that short period of time which set them up for a chastening defeat to Tottenham, but that was just the start of United’s defensive rap sheet on a night to forget. With Alexis lining up alongside Romelu Lukaku, Anthony Martial, Paul Pogba and the in-form Jesse Lingard in the attacking half of the field, this was meant to be a night they showed what a threat they can be to opposition defences. Instead it was a demonstration of all the issues United have when they don’t have possession. Their failings were irrefutably exacerbated by Pogba’s worst showing in a United shirt as he went missing for the majority of the game and was...