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China’s Yuan, Bonds Tank in Tandem Amid Fears on Foreign Selloff

China’s government bonds and the yuan slid in tandem, amid speculation that overseas hedge funds have stepped up liquidating the country’s assets after a rout in shares deepened.

A vendor takes down umbrellas at the end of the day at the near-empty Patong Beach in Patong, Phuket, Thailand, on Monday, July 19, 2021. In a precursor to the broader opening, vaccinated tourists were this month allowed to travel to the resort island of Phuket without needing to quarantine in the so-called Phuket Sandbox experiment.

Phuket Tourism Experiment Risks Suspension as Covid Cases Surge

A flareup in coronavirus cases in Phuket, Thailand’s first tourism hotspot to waive quarantine for vaccinated foreign visitors, is threatening to scuttle the experiment seen as a model for other tourism-reliant nations to reopen borders.

Tight Access and Data Doubts Are Clouding China’s Carbon Market

China’s national carbon market, seen as a key tool to help the world’s top polluter curb emissions, is being hampered by limited early access for small companies and doubts over data quality, according to people familiar with the details.

A worker stacks a coil of steel reinforcing bar with a forklift at a metal stock yard in Shanghai, China, on Monday, June 7, 2021. China’s iron ore imports in May tumbled to their lowest level in a year as record prices deterred buyers of industrial commodities and the economic recovery from the pandemic begins to slow. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

China Looks to More Export Tariffs to Tame Booming Steel Sector

China is considering imposing more tariffs on steel exports as it seeks to achieve twin goals of capping domestic production and taming the surging prices that have fanned concerns about inflation. Futures dropped.

Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's president, holds his first news conference following his victory in the presidential election in Tehran, Iran, on Monday, June 21, 2021. World powers and Iran failed after a sixth round of negotiations in Vienna to revive a nuclear deal that would lift U.S. sanctions on the oil-rich Islamic Republic in exchange for it scaling back its atomic activities.

France Says Iran Actions Put Nuclear Deal at Risk: Iran Snapshot

Here is a snapshot of what’s happening with Iran, its nuclear talks and energy markets.

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