Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said China was 'not playing by the same rules' as the rest of the world. He is also considering similar levies on imports of chips and solar cells

Investors will be listening keenly to Jerome Powell when he speaks at a central bank event in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Weak consumer demand in China though cast a shadow, putting the brakes on any surges in equities across the region

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing earned its first profit in three quarters, thanks partly to Chinese authorities speeding up approval of IPOs

Increased hopes that the US will dodge a recession and shortening odds on a Fed rate cut soon encouraged risk-taking

Government wants a 700-billion-yen valuation for the subway operator for an IPO that could occur in coming months

Funds have been dumping industrials and buying energy stocks, amid expectation the oil and gas sector will boom if Trump wins the US election, Goldman Sachs says

Tokyo’s benchmark has seen its best week in more than four years while Hong Kong stocks followed in Wall Street’s wake

Fresh inflation data reassured investors the US Federal Reserve could finally start cutting rates next month

Chinese investors, faced with the sluggish performance of local assets in a weak economy, are craving higher returns offshore

Some 56 companies trading on exchanges on mainland China and four in Hong Kong will be removed from the MSCI China Index at the end of August, MSCI said

Tokyo bounced back into life after Monday’s holiday while China and Hong Kong stocks were forced to work hard for small gains