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The US and Taiwan agreed yesterday to begin formal trade and investment talks amid flaring tensions between Washington and Beijing over the self-governing island that China claims as its own. The discussions stem from a joint initiative announced in June and are expected to begin in the early autumn. They are aimed at deepening economic engagement in areas including agriculture, digital trade and climate.

Based on their latest meeting minutes, Federal Reserve officials are predicting a slowdown in the housing market. There have been conflicting signals: Home sales have slowed, while housing prices remain high. But a mere slowdown is unlikely to stop the Fed in its crusade to crush inflation, which has led to an increase in interest rates, putting pressure on mortgage rates. A report from Fitch this week said that the Fed’s interest-rate moves had indeed made housing prices more likely to fall, and reasoned a plausible drop to be around 15 percent.

Apple is looking at holding its annual fall product event, including the announcement of its iPhone 14 product line, on Sept. 7, according to a Bloomberg report.

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