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

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"Bloomberg: The Asia Trade" brings you everything you need to know to get ahead as the trading day begins in Asia. Bloomberg TV is live from Sydney and Singapore with Paul Allen and Avril Hong, getting insight and analysis from newsmakers and industry leaders on the biggest stories shaping global markets.  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 -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets  Like this video? Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos from Bloomberg Markets & Finance: https://tinyurl.com/ysu5b8a9 Visit http://www.bloomberg.com for business news & analysis, up-to-the-minute market data, features, profiles and more.  Connect with Bloomberg Television on: X: https://twitter.com/BloombergTV Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BloombergTelevision Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloombergtv/  Connect with Bloomberg Business on: X: https://twitter.com/business Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bloombergbusiness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloombergbusiness/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bloombergbusiness?lang=en Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/bloomberg/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bloomberg-news/  More from Bloomberg: Bloomberg Radio: https://twitter.com/BloombergRadio  Bloomberg Surveillance: https://twitter.com/bsurveillance Bloomberg Politics: https://twitter.com/bpolitics Bloomberg Originals: https://twitter.com/bbgoriginals  Watch more on YouTube: Bloomberg Technology: https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergTechnology Bloomberg Originals: https://www.youtube.com/@business Bloomberg Quicktake: https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergQuicktake Bloomberg Espanol: https://www.youtube.com/@bloomberg_espanol Bloomberg Podcasts: https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergPodcasts

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