But shares in TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker have slipped, after US President Donald Trump said he would announce a tariff rate on imported semiconductors over the next week. He did add however, that there would be flexibility on some companies in the sector.

China’s exports surged last month in a sign of a rush to dispatch shipments before Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs triggered a full-blown trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Exports rose 12.

The dollar drifted lower on Monday as an early bump off a three-year low fizzled, with markets spooked by the stream of tariff-related pronouncements from U.S. President Donald Trump that last week shook investor confidence in the world's reserve currency.

The U.S. dollar found some support on Monday but remained near a three-year low after a volatile week driven by President Donald Trumps shifting tariff policies. Markets remain on edge as Trumps abrupt imposition