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DENMARK DEFENCE MINISTER: INVESTMENTS INCLUDE TWO NEW ARCTIC SHIPS AND ONE MARITIME PATROL AIRCRAFT

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BUENOS AIRES, Oct 10 (Reuters) – OpenAI and Sur Energy have signed a letter of intent for a data center project in Argentina requiring an investment of up to $25 billion, the nation's government said on Friday. (Reporting by Walter Bianchi; Editing by Natalia Siniawski)

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Oct 10 (Reuters) – Please be advised that there are no corporate earnings scheduled for Canada (.GSPTSE) in the week ahead. (Compiled by Bengaluru Newsroom)

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(Recasts, adds Trump statement, updates yields throughout) WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Benchmark U.S. yields were sharply lower late Friday morning, extending losses from earlier in the session after President Donald Trump threatened a "massive" increase in tariffs on imports from China. The president's lengthy statement on Truth Social pushed rates out of their recent range-bound pattern, with the 10-year Treasury yield hitting its lowest level since mid-September. The sharper decline in Treasury yields mirrored a dip seen in stocks, often a sign investors are seeking a safe haven. U.S. sovereign debt had been in a holding pattern in recent days as a government shutdown, now in its tenth day , halted the production of crucial economic indicators. "It’s fuel on the fire. For a while it looked like things were going well between Trump and Xi, but China’s latest export controls on rare earth minerals set Trump off," said Brian Jacobsen, chief economist at Annex Wealth Management. "A lot can happen between now and the APEC summit where they were supposed to meet, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see tempers cool before then." Earlier, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller had told CNBC the central bank could make "cautious" moves to lower benchmark lending rates, helping comfort investor expectations that the central bank would not be driven to excessive rate cutting by changes in staffing and a weakening labor market. The yield on the benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury note fell 8.9 basis points to 4.057%, its lowest since September 18. The yield on the 30-year bond fell 8.2 basis points to 4.651%. A closely watched part of the U.S. Treasury yield curve measuring the gap between yields on two- and 10-year Treasury notes, seen as an indicator of economic expectations, was at a positive 53.7 basis points. The two-year U.S. Treasury yield, which typically moves in step with interest rate expectations for the Fed, fell 7.7 basis points to 3.522%. The breakeven rate on five-year U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) was last at 2.387% after closing at 2.425% on October 9. The 10-year TIPS breakeven rate was last at 2.33%, indicating the market sees inflation averaging about 2.3% a year for the next decade. (Reporting by Douglas Gillison in Washington and Chuck Mikolajczak in New York; Editing by Nia Williams and Toby Chopra)

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(Adds Carney quotes paragraphs 3, 6, background paragraphs 2, 4-5) OTTAWA, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Reviving the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Alberta to the U.S. could play a part in tightening U.S.-Canada energy cooperation, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Friday. Carney raised the idea during a Tuesday meeting in the Oval Office with U.S. President Donald Trump on defusing trade tensions, according to a source familiar with the discussions. "We are looking for areas where the integration of our economies will be better for us both. We have opportunities in the energy sector – there are many possible projects, including Keystone XL, but there are others," he told a press conference. The proposed pipeline was rejected by U.S. President Barack Obama's administration and revived by Trump during his first term. U.S. President Joe Biden revoked a key permit in 2021 and there is currently no proponent for the pipeline. Reviving Keystone XL could help improve Carney's relations with the oil-producing province of Alberta, which says Ottawa is strangling the energy industry with such measures as a west coast tanker ban and a proposed cap on emissions. Asked whether Ottawa could scrap those measures, Carney replied: "It depends". (Reporting by David Ljunggren; Editing by Mark Porter and Bill Berkrot)

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FRENCH SOCIALIST PARTY'S FAURE: NO GUARANTEE FROM US THAT WE WON’T VOTE DOWN THE NEXT GOVERNMENT

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(Adds Trump comment about tariffs against China in paragraph 3, statement from China's commerce ministry in paragraph 8) * China to impose extra port fees on US ships from October 14 * US to start imposing port fees on Chinese ships on same day * US-China tensions have started to creep higher since September BEIJING, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Vessels owned or operated by U.S. firms and individuals, or those built in the United States or that fly the U.S. flag, will be charged additional port fees per voyage starting on Tuesday, China's transport ministry said on Friday. The port fees are a countermeasure against upcoming U.S. port fees on Chinese ships, the ministry said. The move comes as U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday there is no reason to meet with China's President Xi Jinping in two weeks in South Korea as planned, adding on social media that the U.S. is calculating a massive increase in tariffs on imports from China. Trump said China has been sending letters to countries saying it planned to impose export controls on every element of production related to rare earths. Also starting on October 14, ships built in China – or operated or owned by Chinese entities – will need to pay a fee at their first port of call in the United States. Fees could top $1 million for a ship carrying more than 10,000 containers, and could rise annually through 2028, according to analyst estimates. Vessels owned or operated by a Chinese entity will face a flat fee of $80 per net tonnage per voyage to the U.S. CHINA CALLS U.S. FEES DISCRIMINATORY The U.S. fees on China-linked vessels, following a probe by the U.S. Trade Representative, are part of a broader U.S. effort to revive domestic shipbuilding and blunt China's naval and commercial shipping power. "It is clearly discriminatory and severely damages the legitimate interests of China's shipping industry, seriously disrupts the stability of the global supply chain, and seriously undermines the international economic and trade order," the Chinese ministry said. In a separate statement released later on Friday, Beijing's commerce ministry said the Chinese countermeasures were in "justified" self-defence aimed at safeguarding fairness in the global shipping and shipbuilding markets. Over the past two decades, China has catapulted itself to the No. 1 position in the shipbuilding world, with its biggest shipyards handling both commercial and military projects. The Chinese fees on U.S. vessels could hurt the U.S. less than the U.S. fees might harm the legion of Chinese ships. The fees announced by China, like those put in place by the U.S., "add further complexity and cost to the global network that keeps goods moving and economies connected, and risk harming their exporters, producers, and consumers at a time when global trade is already under pressure," said Joe Kramek, president and CEO of the World Shipping Association. Last year, Chinese shipyards built more than 1,000 commercial vessels, while the U.S. constructed fewer than 10, according to military and industry analysts. RATES RISE OVER THREE YEARS For U.S. vessels berthing at Chinese ports from October 14, the rate will be 400 yuan ($56.13) per net metric ton, the Chinese transport ministry said. That will increase to 640 yuan ($89.81) from April 17, 2026, and to 880 yuan ($123.52) from April 17, 2027. For vessels calling at Chinese ports from April 17, 2028, the charge will be 1,120 yuan ($157.16) per net metric ton. Tensions between China and the United States have deepened since September, with the two superpowers struggling to move beyond their trade tariff truce – a 90-day pause from August 11 that ends around November 9. Retaliatory tariffs in the U.S.-China trade war this year have sharply curtailed Chinese imports of U.S. agriculture and energy products. "There is not much impact likely on agriculture trade, but this step goes to show that China is still irritated with U.S. and they are not going to allow U.S. agricultural imports anytime soon," said one oilseed trader at an international company, which sells soybeans to China. "You don't take such steps if you're trying to resolve matters. Chinese crushers might have to do without U.S. beans this year." ($1 = 7.1241 Chinese yuan renminbi) (Reporting by Ryan Woo in Beijing and Naveen Thukral in Singapore, additional reporting by Jonathan Saul in London; Editing by Kim Coghill, Kate Mayberry, Rod Nickel)

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U.S. STOCKS EXTEND FALL, NASDAQ COMPOSITE DOWN 2.3%

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SPOT GOLD EXTENDS GAINS, LAST UP OVER 1% TO $4,016.99/OZ

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Oct 10 (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson is in discussions to buy Protagonist Therapeutics, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of Protagonist were up 9.4% in morning trade. (Reporting by Kamal Choudhury in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva)

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