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Canada Secures Nearly CA$500 Billion in New Investment at Major Summit in Toronto

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Nearly CA$500 billion in new investment commitments are set to flow into Canada following the country's first investment summit, Prime Minister Mark Carney's office said on Tuesday, underscoring strong investor confidence in the economy.

The investment commitments are almost half of Prime Minister Carney's target to attract CA$1 trillion in new investment in Canada over the next five years as the country seeks to promote international trade and investment.

Of that CA$1 trillion target, Canada aims for around half to be private investments, said Carney at a press conference at the two-day Canada Investment Summit in Toronto that ends Tuesday.

As part of Canada's efforts to reduce its dependency on trade with the United States, Carney said he will seek an alliance with the European Union on sectors such as energy, critical minerals, space technology, Artificial Intelligence.

It will be a "unique" alliance, according to Carney.

This week, Carney is set to address the European Parliament in Strasbourg and attend European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's State of the EU address.

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Taiwan's Regular Earnings of All Employees Rise 3.32% in July

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China's Retail Sales Growth Slows to 0.4% in August

China's retail sales of consumer goods grew 0.4% year over year to 3.982 trillion yuan in August, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics released Tuesday.The pace of growth was softer than the 0.6% expansion recorded in the previous month. It missed the consensus forecast of 0.7% growth tracked by Investing.com.Sales in urban areas rose 0.2% year over year to 3.446 trillion yuan, while rural retail sales edged up 1.6% to 536.7 billion yuan.For the first eight months of the year, retail sales in China rose 1.1% year over year to 32.8 trillion yuan, easing from the 1.2% growth in the January-July period.

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Australia's Total Spending Rises in August Due to Higher Essential Costs, NAB Says

Australia's total spending rose 1.1% in August due to higher essential costs rather than heightened demand, according to NAB's Consumer Spend Trend released on Tuesday.Total spending climbed 8.7% over the year, while monthly growth was 0.6%, excluding fuel.The report pointed to increasing pressure on households, with the end of the temporary fuel excise discount, combined with higher fuel prices, NAB Head of Australian Economics Gareth Spence said.Non-discretionary spending was up 2.2% in August, driven by a 12% jump in fuel and a 3.2% rise in utilities and telecoms.Meanwhile, discretionary spending was still growing, but momentum had slowed, Spence said.Discretionary spending rose 0.4%, with household goods broadly flat and personal goods down 0.2%.

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