Alibaba Surges As AI Euphoria Goes Global | Bloomberg: The Asia Trade 2/21/25

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"Bloomberg: The Asia Trade" brings you everything you need to know to get ahead as the trading day begins in Asia. Bloomberg TV is live from Hong Kong and Sydney with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts, getting insight and analysis from newsmakers and industry leaders on the biggest stories shaping global markets.

Chapters:
00:00:14 – Bloomberg: The Asia Trade begins
00:02:40 – Bloomberg Opinion: Bessent is stealing Yellen’s debt playbook
00:08:06 – Alibaba touts AI-driven strategy
00:11:03 – Big tech pushes back on DeepSeek splash
00:17:08 – Citi scraps diversity goals
00:23:37 – BREAKING: Japan January core CPI rises
00:24:52 – Yen reacts to rising core inflation in Japan
00:29:32 – Bessent says Trump policies will be ‘disinflationary’
00:32:26 – RBA’s Bullock monitors the job market for signs of a stronger economy
00:37:31 – Wedbush Securities’ Dan Ives on AI trends
00:46:48 – Japan and South Korea markets open
00:50:58 – Lazard’s Ron Temple on market outlook
00:57:48 – Alibaba CEO Wu says AGI is now company’s ‘primary objective’
01:01:23 – Bessent to call Chinese counterpart Friday
01:06:14 – Will Germany’s center hold?
01:08:47 – Fortescue CEO Dino Otranto is still optimistic about China
01:11:07 – BREAKING: Jibun Bank Japan February Composite PMI is 51.6
01:12:16 – Japan’s core CPI continues to accelerate
01:16:41 – RBA Deputy Governor Hauser on rate path
01:20:15 – Alibaba is poised to become China’s second largest company
01:22:10 – Deep Robotics’ Xiong Junjie on humanoid robots, business strategy
01:30:20 – Hang Seng index set for a reshuffle
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