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 signing from Liverpool experienced a relatively quiet match at Camp Nou on Sunday but still earned the praise of his team-mate Luis Suarez praised team-mate Philippe Coutinho after the club-record signing made his full debut for Barcelona in their win over Alaves. After his cameo off the bench in the Copa del Rey on Thursday, Coutinho was in the starting XI as La Liga leaders Barca came from behind to beat Alaves 2-1 at the the Camp Nou. A reported €160 million arrival from Liverpool, Coutinho experienced a relatively quiet match before coming off for Paco Alcacer in the 66th minute, but goalscorer Suarez defended the Brazilian. RELATED SUAREZ & MESSI SAVE BARCA’S UNBEATEN RECORD, BUT COUTINHO & INIESTA WILL TAKE TIME TO GEL 'INIESTA IS A MASTER' – VALVERDE PURRS OVER BARCA'S GAME-CHANGER MESSI RESCUES BARCA IN COUTINHO'S FIRST START NEYMAR, COUTINHO AND THE MOST EXPENSIVE TRANSFERS IN HISTORY "It's difficult to debut in the ...