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Most base metal prices fall as growth, trade worries weigh
Most base metals fell on Monday, the first trading session for the Chinese market after a week-long national holiday, with Shanghai zinc tracking a sustained drop in London prices amid worries about global growth and the U.S.-China trade dispute. A new round of trade talks began in Beijing on Monday, after the most recent set of negotiations concluded in Washington last week without a deal and with the top U.S. negotiator declaring that a lot more work needed to be done. “... the absence of a planned meeting between the two heads of state before (the March 1 deal deadline) is overshadowing sentiment,” ANZ said in ... (full story)