Risk-Off Moves Across Asia on Iran Attack | The Asia Trade 3/2/2026

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Chapters:
00:00:00 – Bloomberg: The Asia Trade begins
00:01:07 – Brent crude jumps by most in four years after Iran strikes
00:09:23 – Trump says combat will continue in Iran until objectives are met
00:12:39 – Brent crude jumps by most in four years after Iran strikes
00:16:31 – Arab Gulf States Institute’s Doug Silliman on Iran conflict
00:20:42 – Trump says combat will continue in Iran until objectives are met
00:22:17 – Former US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on Iran’s nuclear assets
00:33:14 – Rystad Energy’s Jorge Leon on commodity markets
00:43:08 – China condemns ‘unacceptable’ US & Israeli strikes on Iran
00:46:59 – Monex Group’s Jesper Koll on Japanese yen as safe haven
00:51:18 – Global transport disrupted as Iran attacks Mideast hubs
00:54:49 – Markets open in Tokyo
00:55:30 – Japan stocks, US Treasury yields fall at open
00:56:23 – IDF says it started fresh wave of strikes in Tehran
01:06:53 – Julius Baer’s Mark Matthews on market reaction to Iran
01:13:17 – Atlantic Council’s Jonathan Panikoff on geopolitical outlook
01:21:09 – FX markets show risk-off shift
01:21:43 – Takaichi says Japan’s stance unchanged on Iran and nuclear weapons
01:24:02 – Crude oil, natural gas in focus on supply, logistics risks
01:29:23 – CSIS’s Clayton Siegle says China has outsized concern on Iran and
01:32:58 – Harvard Kennedy School’s Rana Mitter on China’s stake in Iran issue
01:38:22 – Transport stocks fall, shipping stocks up on Iran disruption
01:44:01 – Hezbollah fires on Israel, Israeli military strikes targets in Lebanon
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