Asia saw a mixed performance in early trade Wednesday

Authorities are likely to unveil incentives, ease market barriers and invest in high-growth sectors to tackle supply gaps

China sold more goods to the world than ever in 2025, but export saleswoman Aimee Chen says it was the hardest of her roughly two-decade career.

Oil prices were steady on Tuesday as investors monitored US President Donald Trump’s threats of higher tariffs on European states over his drive to acquire Greenland, while firmer global economic growth expectations and better-than-expected economic data from China gave a floor to prices.

Gold surged past the $4,700 an ounce mark for the first time on Tuesday, and silver hovered just below a fresh record high, as global tensions sparked yet another rush to safety.

Spot gold gained 1.3 percent to $4,727.99 per ounce by 0910 GMT

The dollar index fell as much as 0.6 percent

The world's second-largest economy grew five percent last year

One in five CEOs said their companies were highly exposed to losses from trade tariffs

Orders from the new markets were often smaller in volume and less lucrative than US sales

India’s central bank has proposed that BRICS countries link their official digital currencies to make cross-border trade and tourism payments easier, two sources said, which could reduce reliance on the US dollar as geopolitical tensions rise.

The International Monetary Fund again edged its 2026 global growth forecast higher on Monday as businesses and economies adapt to US tariffs that have eased in recent months and a continued AI investment boom that has fueled asset wealth and expectations of productivity gains.

Low-income households, women, rural communities, and informal workers remain excluded from financial services due to deep-rooted barriers, even as the government aims to achieve financial inclusion for all adults by June 2026, according to the Bangladesh Bank.

A deputy minister of Afghanistan, now in Dhaka, met commerce secretary

57,203 tonnes of wheat came this time and total 220,000 tonnes will be imported

IMF in its World Economic Outlook update forecast global GDP growth at 3.3% in 2026

Major European Union nations decried the Greenland tariff threats as blackmail on Sunday

Gold, a key go-to in times of turmoil, hit a peak of $4,690.59, while silver struck $94.12.

Leaders set a growth target of "around five percent" for last year, following a five percent rise in 2024.

Vietnam on Friday officially launched construction of its first semiconductor chip manufacturing facility, a landmark step towards building domestic chipmaking capacity, with Party General Secretary Tô Lâm and Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính attending the groundbreaking ceremony in Hà Nội.