| * Ukraine freezes trade talks with EU * Fresh Wall Street momentum spurs Asian markets * Help Myanmar's peace talks to transform Asia * Japanese carmakers rue lost lead in China * Belarus to extradite Uralkali chief * China and EU in investment treaty talks * Bhutan aims high with Renault-Nissan electric car plan * Markets: mixed Ukraine freezes trade talks with EU
Kiev freezes trade talks with the EU and calls for three-way negotiations with Russia, in the latest blow for Brussels' plans for closer relations
http://on.ft.com/1elq6UJ Fresh Wall Street momentum spurs Asian markets
Led by Japan, most Asian equity markets were recovering from Thursday's poor performance after the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the US closed above 16,000 for the first time.
http://on.ft.com/1aAIQyP Help Myanmar's peace talks to transform Asia
An end to the longest-running war in the world is within reach. The peace process in Myanmar is at a pivotal stage. If successful, the prospect of further democratic reform will be strengthened and the door to the country's economic potential unlocked. The map of Asia will fundamentally change. If the peace process collapses, the impact will be catastrophic, not only for Myanmar.
http://on.ft.com/1h6hjcE Japanese carmakers rue lost lead in China
Toyota, Honda and Nissan – Japan's 'big three' – get back on track after market share crash following the financial crisis and Sino-Japanese tensions
http://on.ft.com/19K85Kt Belarus to extradite Uralkali chief
Baumgertner will be detained and investigated in Moscow on charges of abuse of power and embezzlement, though he is expected to be released soon
http://on.ft.com/19K85Ks China and EU in investment treaty talks
Leaders agree to negotiate and pledge to increase bilateral trade from about $580bn in 2012 to $1tn by 2020 in deal announced after Beijing summit
http://on.ft.com/1elq8M9 Bhutan aims high with Renault-Nissan electric car plan
One of the world's most remote capital cities is aiming to become an electric vehicle "hotspot" and a showcase for green technology, according to the prime minister of the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.
http://on.ft.com/1eldBIF Emerging Markets
MSCI Emerging Market Index up +0.19% at 1,006 Americas
DJIA up +0.69% at 16,010
S&P 500 up +0.81% at 1,796
Bovespa down -0.65% at 52,688 Asia
Nikkei 225 down -0.15% at 15,342
Topix up +0.17% at 1,248
Hang Seng up +0.52% at 23,703
Shanghai Composite down -0.20% at 2,201
MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +0.18% at 548.40
CNX Nifty up +0.24% at 6,013 Currencies
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Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.22 at 109.86
Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.33 at 95.11
100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,244 | 
