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Although Trump has been relatively quiet on crypto on day one of his presidency, the bitcoin community is watching closely.

China's drive to break into foreign aviation markets with its homegrown COMAC jets has intensified, with a push to persuade Vietnam to authorise its planes in the country, according to two people with knowledge of the talks and documents. COMAC's actions in Vietnam demonstrate how the state-owned firm has in the past year embarked on a more deliberate marketing approach to regulators and airlines as it seeks to compete internationally with leading Western planemakers Airbus and Boeing. After months of talks, Vietnam's top private airline VietJet was supposed to start on Jan. 15 the short-term lease for a domestic route of two C909 regional jets operated by crew from China's Chengdu Airlines, according to documents seen by Reuters that provide insight into its strategy.

The first full day of financial market trading in U.S. President Donald Trump's second term in office is set to get off to a strong start on Tuesday, with Trump's seemingly more measured approach to tariffs giving investor sentiment an instant shot in the arm. Trump issued a broad trade memo on Monday that stopped short of immediately imposing new tariffs on key trading partners, something he had previously indicated he would do on his first day in office. Instead, trade relationships with China, Canada and Mexico will be assessed and reviewed before he decides what steps to take.

President Donald Trump has elevated Republican Commissioner Mark Uyeda to take over the SEC from a now-departed Gary Gensler.

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