Demand for acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) in China is expected to stay depressed following recent escalation in the country’s protracted trade war with the US. SEE MORE Iran confirmed on Sunday that the Grace 1 oil tanker renamed Adrian Darya had set course for international waters following its release. On Saturday, the US Department of Justice sought to seize the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 issuing a corresponding warrant days after Gibraltar's authorities ordered the vessel to be released. SEE MORE Việt Nam imported more than one million tonnes of petroleum products in July worth more than US$633.2 million, up 99 per cent in volume and 107 per cent in value from the previous month, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs. SEE MORE European butadiene (BD) could shift towards tightness next month following changes in operations downstream. SEE MORE The European polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and upstream purified terephthalic acid (PTA) markets will continue to be challenged by supply and demand, which in turn is heavily impacted by the bigger, unpredictable, global picture. SEE MORE