Sydney — Asian shares pared early losses on Thursday after Chinese exports proved far stronger than even bulls had imagined, while US bond investors were still daunted by the staggering amount of new debt set to be sold in coming weeks.
Beijing reported exports rose 3.5% in April on a year earlier, confounding expectations of a 15.1% fall and outweighing a 14.2% drop in imports...
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