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On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Chief Investment Strategist Erik Ristuben and Research Analyst Brian Yadao discussed the implications for markets after prospects for a U.S.-China trade deal soured. U.S. raises tariffs on Chinese imports as markets swoon Earlier this ...
US hikes tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods to 25% overnight, from 10%, and China vows to retaliate. How will the latest escalation impact the likelihood of an eventual trade deal? And what could that mean for economic growth around the world? Kim Parlee speaks with Fotios Raptis, S...
We were clearly surprised by Trump's tweet last Sunday informing us that he was raising tariffs to 25% from 10% on the initial $250 billion of Chinese imports as well as implement tariffs on the remaining $300+ billion. However, we had an action plan ready to go if trade talks broke down and i...
By Daniel Shvartsman In the pre-internet, pre-Twitter ( TWTR ) days, international negotiations were no doubt volatile, but they tended to be hidden from public view until the end result came out. Leaks would happen, rumors would float, but there was something about operating in a closed r...
There is truth to the trade war. That's a big problem because it's not the only problem. It isn't even the main one. Given that, it's easy to look at tariffs and see all our current ills in them. The Census Bureau reports Thursday that the trade wars have definitely arrived. In March 2019, U...
Highlights from the May report: Total holdings of Chinese bonds by offshore investors rose in Q1 of 2019. Offshore investors held 1.76 trillion RMB (US$263 billion) worth of bonds at the end of March, according to data released by Shanghai Clearing House and China Central Depository and C...
China's trade statistics are out, and it's difficult to see who is winning or losing this trade war - other than consumers on either side of course. For Chinese consumers have to bear the costs of Chinese import tariffs and restrictions, American ones those imposed by the US. This before we ev...
Overview The end of the tariff truce between the US and China continues to dominate investment considerations. The truce was often cited in narratives explaining the recovery of equities from the Q4 18 slide. Ahead of the midnight US tariff hike, global equities are being smashed. Korea's Ko...
The first time the global economy was all set to boom, officials were at least more cautious. Chastened by years of setbacks and false dawns, in early 2014 they were encouraged nonetheless. The US was on the precipice of a boom (the first time), it was said, and though Europe was struggling it...
" They broke the deal ," President Trump said at a Wednesday night rally -- throwing icy water on hopes that a compromise could be reached between the U.S. and China before a Friday tariff-hike deadline, and spurring a round of selling in Asian markets early Thursday. More news on: WisdomT...