Column: China’s modest stimulus is no big bang for commodities
Hopes that China's annual meeting of parliament would provide significant economic stimulus have been dashed.
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India’s small exporters seek import duty cuts to counter US steel, aluminum tariffs
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US withdrawing from plan to help major polluters move from coal
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