EU's Kallas warns that China needs to rebalance trade relationship with EU
"She also called on China to put an end to its distortive practices, including its restrictions on rare earths exports, which pose significant risks to European companies and endanger the reliability of global supply chains," the EU readout said.
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Currency bid prices at 5 August 07:47 p.m. GMT Descript RIC Last U.S. Pct YTD High Low ion Close Chang Pct Bid Bid Previous e Session Dollar 98.769 98.63 0.15% -8.96% 99.082 98. index 584 Euro/Dol 1.1573 1.1573 -0.03 11.75% $1.158 $1. lar % 8 152 8 Dollar/Y 147.63 146.984 0.44% -6.18% 147.82 146 en 5 .9 Euro/Yen 170.86 170.17 0.41% 4.68% 170.94 169 .83 Dollar/S 0.8075 0.8081 -0.07 -11.01 0.8118 0.8 wiss % % 066 Sterling 1.3293 1.3287 0.04% 6.28% $1.331 $1. /Dollar 6 326 Dollar/C 1.3781 1.378 0.01% -4.16% 1.381 1.3 anadian 767 Aussie/D 0.6468 0.6467 0.04% 4.56% $0.647 $0. ollar 9 645 Euro/Swi 0.9346 0.935 -0.04 -0.5% 0.936 0.9 ss % 331 Euro/Ste 0.8703 0.8708 -0.06 5.2% 0.8714 0.8 rling % 68 NZ 0.5893 0.5908 -0.25 5.31% $0.592 0.5 Dollar/D % 2 884 ollar Dollar/N 10.2534 10.2655 -0.12 -9.79% 10.290 10. orway % 5 247 7 Euro/Nor 11.8757 11.8823 -0.06 0.91% 11.888 11. way % 839 8 Dollar/S 9.6666 9.6518 0.15% -12.26 9.6929 9.6 weden % 382 Euro/Swe 11.1937 11.1707 0.21% -2.38% 11.199 11. den 5 159 8 Sign in to access your portfolio
