Reported Earlier, 'Chinese rare earth shipments to US drop ahead of Trump-Xi summit' - Financial Times

Shares of precious metals-related companies are trading lower after stronger-than-expected inflation data boosted expectations for a Federal Reserve rate hike in October. Gold and silver prices are declining amid a stronger U.S. dollar and rising Treasury yields, which make non-yielding precious metals less attractive to investors.

Greenland Stocks Rally as Trump Teases 'Massive' Oil Hunt

Trump’s Greenland exploration claims send related stocks soaring, with Greenland Energy up 90% and Greenland Mines rising 44% premarket.

'State Department Warns Travelers To China They Risk "Wrongful Detention”' - Semafor

https://www.semafor.com/article/10/16/2026/state-department-warns-travelers-to-china-they-risk-wrongful-detention

President Trump Stated In A Newsmax Interview That Washington Is Actively Talking To Both Moscow And Beijing About Potential Routes To Denuclearize

'U.S. Presses China On MasterCard, Citigroup Market Access In Bilateral Bangkok Talks, Official Says' - CNBC

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/16/us-china-mastercard-citigroup-market-access.html

'SK Hynix Conditions New US Factory On More US Chip Equipment Exports To China, Sources Say' - Reuters Exclusive

Hynix is seeking new equipment for unused space in Dalian facilityPlant produces memory for SSDs that Solidigm sells to data centersExpanded production from China would help Solidigm fund a new US NAND facilitySouth