The trade deal that the U.S. and China are crafting would give Beijing until 2025 to meet commitments on commodity purchases and allow American companies to wholly own enterprises in the Asian nation, according to three people familiar with the talks. SEE MORE Clean-energy visionaries have long argued that the world needs a better battery capable of selling skeptical consumers on electric cars and running the grid on renewable power. And yet the battery of the future—at least for the coming decade—will almost certainly be the battery of the past. SEE MORE Higher freight costs and China’s bullish prices of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin may be preventing deliveries of Asian resin into Latin America, sources said on the sidelines of PLASTIMAGEN MEXICO 2019. SEE MORE China-bound crude glycerine prices nosedived this week amid weakening Chinese demand and buying sentiment may remain subdued going forward. SEE MORE Ho Chi Minh City recorded a gross regional domestic product (GRDP) growth rate of 7.64 percent in the first quarter of 2019, equivalent to the pace during same period last year. SEE MORE