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TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA / AFP / Getty Images Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next to a map of the original Trans-Pacific Partnership participating countries. However, internal divisions are a key obstacle as some participants look to rework existing provisions in light of Washington’s absence. “On the one hand, you have Japan, …

Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump (R) welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) to the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, on April 6, 2017. President Donald Trump had plenty of praise for Xi Jinping on Thursday, hours after jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, …

Energy stocks might be on course for another fourth quarter rally this year, in part because investors are too focused on negative headlines, according to Tamar Essner, senior energy director at Nasdaq Corporate Solutions. “It kind of feels like deja vu of last year where energy underperformed for most of …

Samuel Corum | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images President Donald Trump vowed to end the Iran Nuclear Deal while on the campaign trail. He has continued to criticize Iran as president, though he has refrained from condemning Russia, although both countries support Syria’s Bashar al-Assad. U.S. President Donald Trump is …

Universal Images Group | Getty Images A wind farm in, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland. EDF Energy Renewables (EDF ER) has announced the purchase of 11 wind farm sites in Scotland from development and asset management company Partnerships for Renewables. In an announcement on Thursday, EDF ER said that the Scottish sites …

Lindsey Janies | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Asia Vision LNG carrier ship at the Cheniere Energy terminal in this aerial photograph taken over Sabine Pass, Texas, Feb. 24, 2016 The United States is on course to challenge Australia and Qatar as the world’s largest exporter of natural gas, according …

Matthew Lloyd | Bloomberg | Getty Images The West Phoenix oil platform, operated by Seadrill Norge AS, right, stands with other unused platforms in the Port of Cromarty Firth in Cromarty, U.K. Global oil supply rose in June despite an ongoing deal to cut output, the International Energy Agency noted …

Kevin Dietsch Pool | Getty Images US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in address the media prior to dinner in the State Dinning Room at the White House on June 29, 2017 in Washington, D.C. The United States notified South Korea on Wednesday it plans to start …

Anthony Kwan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Aimone Ripa di Meana, co-founder and chief marketplace officer of Lazada Group, speaks at the Rise conference in Hong Kong, China, on July 12, 2017. Aimone Ripa di Meana, co-founder and chief marketplace officer at Lazada, said the company’s on-the-ground knowledge about each …

Paulo Lisboa | Brazil Photo Press | LatinContent | Getty Images A file photo of the former President of Brazil, Lula da Silva, last May. Brazilian equities spiked higher on Wednesday after a court convicted former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of corruption. The iShares MSCI Brazil Capped exchange-traded …