The U.S. and its key Pacific allies announced plans to build a $1.7bn electricity grid in Papua New Guinea, in the latest effort to counter China’s growing influence in the region.

U.S. factory production expanded in October for a fifth straight month, the longest streak since 2011 and indicating a solid start to the fourth quarter, Federal Reserve data shows.

The U.K’s European Union divorce treaty, which runs to around 500 pages, sets out all the ways that Britain will extricate itself from the bloc’s clutches after more than four decades of membership.

Asian-focused retailers are particularly vulnerable to President Donald Trump’s escalating tariffs, including the latest round in September covering $200bn of imports from the Middle Kingdom.

Companies on the mainland making everything from car parts to cameras are lining up other production facilities across Southeast Asia.