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Turkey gets sanctioned. The U.S. imposes immediate penalties on several Turkish ministers and slaps Ankara with a 50 per cent tariff on steel , demanding a halt to its military incursion into Kurdish-held northern Syria. We are live in Istanbul for the latest. U.S. stocks slip and oil prices extend losses as questions arise over the U.S.-China trade deal, despite U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin telling this channel that the first phase of the pact is ‘quite substantial’. China's September producer prices fall at their fastest pace in three years, while pork prices surge nearly 70 per cent pushing food prices higher. And it’s crunchtime for the U.K. and the EU. Brexit negotiators have battened down the hatches and entered so-called ‘tunnel talks’ ahead of a key summit later this week. The EU’s chief representative Michel Barnier says a deal this week remains possible. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .