Iran Conflict Escalates; Chinese AI in Focus | The Asia Trade 7/20/2026

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Chapters:
00:00:00 – Bloomberg: The Asia Trade begins
00:02:20 – Iran conflict escalates after US troops killed
00:06:47 – Oil, AI volatility in focus for markets
00:11:51 – Westpac International economist Illiana Jain on Asia outlook
00:19:08 – Greylock Partners’ Saam Motamedi on Kimi, Anthropic, OpenAI
00:25:18 – Moonshot plans IPO in six months after China AI breakthrough
00:31:36 – TSMC CFO Wendell Huang on market reaction and capex
00:37:31 – South Korea’s AI-heavy market now sets the tone for global stocks
00:40:58 – EXCLUSIVE: Mitsubishi Electric CEO Kei Uruma on power-chip merger
00:47:19 – Markets open in South Korea and Australia
00:50:15 – Lombard Odier’s Homin Lee on market outlook
00:58:46 – US, Iran expand strikes beyond military targets
01:02:28 – Syria rapidly becoming Middle East’s top export hub
01:06:24 – EXCLUSIVE: Mitsubishi Electric CEO Kei Uruma on government support
01:13:18 – The Asia Group’s George Chen on China’s AI outlook at WAIC
01:22:13 – South Korean president’s stock dream bumps into leveraged ETF backlash
01:25:37 – Alibaba’s Qwen unveils preview of flagship AI model
01:29:36 – TSMC CFO Wendell Huang on US expansion and competition
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