China’s economic recovery gathers speed with Q4 growth beating expectations at 6.5 per cent. President-elect Joe Biden pledges to immediately repeal President Trump’s climate policies as Washington DC braces for potential violence ahead of Wednesday’s inauguration. In Germany, Armin Laschet wins the vote to become the new chairman of the CDU party and is now the frontrunner to take over from Angela Merkel as Chancellor. Samsung shares slide in Korea on the news that de facto leader vice chairman Jay Y. Lee is to serve a two-and-a-half year sentence for bribery and corruption. And in M&A news, French waste management giant Suez has received a potential takeover proposal from Ardian-GIP following an offer from its principal rival Veolia.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.