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• UPDATE 1-EU debates when to start trade talks with Trump

  *France says this only "first political discussion". BUCHAREST, Feb 22- European Union ministers began debating on Friday when to start trade negotiations with the United States, aware that U.S. Diplomats say Germany, whose exports of cars and parts to the United States are worth more than half the EU total, wants to press ahead.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares nudge higher, Aussie dollar rebounds after slide

  LONDON, Feb 22- Global shares rose on Friday as signs of progress on trade offset a worsening economic outlook, while the Aussie dollar recouped some losses after China denied it had halted Australian coal imports. The pan-European STOXX 600 index was up 0.1 and Germany's DAX 0.2 percent. Chinese shares had faltered earlier amid concern about slowing domestic...

• Pressure on Trump to get a trade deal is now 'quite intense': AMP Capital   

  Shane Oliver of AMP Capital says U.S. President Donald Trump needs a deal with China because he cannot afford a further slowdown in the country's economy if he wants to be re-elected during the 2020.

• Stocks set to open mixed amid weak data, US-China trade talks

  By: Ryan Browne

  U.S. stock futures are pointing to a flat open as investors digest soft economic data and monitor developing trade talks with China.

• China's bluechips post best weekly gain in over 3 yrs on trade deal hopes

  *Shanghai stocks higher, blue-chip CSI300 index up. U.S., China haggle over toughest issues in trade war talks. *China's Jan home price growth at 9- month low as confidence dips.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-China rebound drives Asian shares higher

  SHANGHAI, Feb 22- Shares in Asia recouped early losses on Friday, buoyed by strong gains in China as signs of progress in trade talks with the United States offset worries about a deteriorating global economic outlook. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.3 percent higher by mid-afternoon, having spent the day dipping in and out of...

• The Fed thinks it's better to hold off for a while: Strategist   

  Patrick Chovanec of Silvercrest Asset Management says the market is "groping in the dark" a little because of a lack of data due to the U.S. government shutdown in 2018.

• European markets mixed amid US-China trade talks; Elekta shares tumble 10%

  By: Sam Meredith

  European stocks were mixed Friday morning, as market participants closely monitored signs of progress in trade talks between the world's two largest economies.

• US-North Korea talks have been 'all carrots and no sticks': Expert   

  Eric Brewer of the Center for a New American Security says U.S. President Donald Trump should put pressure on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to commit to working-level dialogues on issues like sanctions relief and denuclearization.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia shares fall as weakening global outlook offsets trade progress

  SHANGHAI, Feb 22- Shares in Asia slipped on Friday as a deteriorating global economic outlook outweighed further signs of progress in trade talks between China and the United States. After inching higher in early trade, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell into the red as more markets opened across the region, dipping 0.1 percent.