Also in today’s newsletter, Putin agrees temporary halt to attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, and BYD shares hit record high ...

We end the week with the latest on Ukraine and the US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia ahead of a busy weekend of ...

Also in today’s newsletter, top Senate Democrat backs Republican funding bill, and China criticises Panama ports deal ...

Hong Kong has a free market economy, highly dependent on international trade and finance - the value of goods and services trade, including the sizable share of reexports, is about four times GDP.