Wall Street shares plunged for a fourth straight session Monday as investors panned Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's efforts to try to reassure markets. Mnuchin on Sunday held a phone call with the six biggest US banks, reporting on Twitter that the CEOs have "ample liquidity" available.

Wall Street battered for fourth straight session as US Treasury chief fails to reassure

Asian stocks fell in early trade Monday despite a weekend call by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to top US banking executives aimed at stemming market panic which saw Wall Street experienced its worst week in a decade.

Asia stocks fall despite Mnuchin's weekend triage

Top Chinese and US negotiators held telephone talks on Tuesday to exchange views on the timetable of trade talks, the Chinese commerce ministry said. Vice Premier Liu He spoke with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer 10 days after presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to a trade war truce.

Chinese, US negotiators discuss trade talks timetable

The United States said on Friday it will temporarily allow eight jurisdictions to keep importing Iranian oil when US sanctions come back into force on Monday, sparing them for now from the threat of US economic penalties.

Want to cut Iran from global banking network Swift: US Treasury

Saudi Arabia said it signed $56 billion of deals at an investment conference this week and expected the United States to remain a key business partner despite a partial boycott of the event over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Saudis trumpet $56 billion deals as conference ends amid partial boycott

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday he will skip next week's Saudi investment summit, dealing another blow to Riyadh following the suspected murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

US's Mnuchin to skip Saudi investment conference amid Khashoggi case

Washington's main allies delivered a unified message of shock and dismay at a Group of Seven ministerial meeting on Saturday, urging US President Donald Trump to rescind punishing metal tariffs

US isolated as trade outrage roils G7 ministerial meet

Chinese state media on Monday praised a significant dialing back of trade tension with the United States

China praises positive steps in US trade row

Oil prices rose on Monday as markets reacted to news that China and the United States have put a looming trade war between the world's two biggest economies 'on hold'

Ascending oil prices make China and US put trade war 'on hold'

The dollar rose versus the yen and hit a five-month-high against a basket of currencies

Gold hits five-month low as US trade war with China 'on hold'

The apparent detente between the two economic giants follows months of increasing tensions that have set markets on edge over fears of a damaging trade war

US, China back off on tariffs, easing trade tensions

The United States has threatened to impose tariffs on up to $150 billion of Chinese imports to try to force changes in Beijing's industrial policies, which Washington says are aimed at acquiring American intellectual property

US Treasury chief may visit China as trade tensions simmer

Haley said that the sanctions would be announced Monday by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin

US preparing new sanctions on Russia over Syria, says Nikki Haley

Speaking in Tokyo on his way to South Korea, which is hosting the Games over the next three weeks, Pence said he would soon announce the stepped-up sanctions in an effort to pressure the North to abandon its nuclear and missile programmes.

Ahead of Olympics face-off, Mike Pence vows new North Korea sanctions

Trump has also chosen billionaire investor Wilbur Ross for heading the Commerce department

Trump names Wall Street veteran Steven Mnuchin Treasury secretary

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