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Stocks are opening mixed on Wall Street following news reports that US President Donald Trump might delay a tariff hike on Chinese goods set to go into effect this weekend. The 16-month-old fight over Beijing's technology ambitions and trade surplus has disrupted global commerce and threatens to depress economic growth. Markets also are watching US and European interest rate decisions and Britain's parliamentary elections. The S&P 500 edged up 4 points, or 0.1%, to 3,136. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 25 points to 27,857. The Nasdaq rose 9 points, or 0.1%, to 8,626. Bond yields held steady.

British authorities are asking Amazon to address concerns that its plan to buy a stake in food delivery platform Deliveroo could damage competition between businesses that do takeaways and those that deliver groceries.

Saudi Arabia's oil company Aramco is now listed and has started trading on the Saudi Tadawul stock exchange on Wednesday for the first time after a mammoth $25.6 billion initial public offering that set the record as the biggest ever in history.

The U.S. dollar declined against the euro on Tuesday after upbeat German economic data boosted the common currency.

Analysts remain upbeat on palm oil prices next year after Malaysia's palm oil inventory fell to a three-month low in November and exports to China remained steady.

Chevron Corp. said Tuesday it will book a charge of at least $10 billion because lower long-term prices for oil and natural gas will reduce the value of its assets.

Japanese securities regulators are recommending that automaker Nissan be fined 2.4 billion yen ($22 million) over the under-reporting of compensation of its former chairman, Carlos Ghosn.

China's auto sales sank 5.4% in November from a year ago, putting the industry's biggest global market on track to shrink for a second year, an industry group reported Tuesday.

A Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Monday said that China will work with the overwhelming majority of World Trade Organization (WTO) members who share a common goal to continue addressing the challenges facing the WTO Appellate Body.

More than 600 institutional investors  managing a whopping $37 trillion in client assets called Monday for governments to step up their efforts against climate change.