Sentences with phrase «u.s. trade tensions»

Stock markets are seeing bigger fluctuations this year amid speculation over signs of accelerating inflation, the pace of Federal Reserve rate increases and U.S. trade tensions with China.

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Bank of America Merrill Lynch strategists in Europe released results of a global survey of 66 fund managers, who said the immediate reaction of building U.S. trade tensions would be lower stocks and a lower dollar.

The stakes of next week's meeting will be high, He argues: «The current China - U.S. trade tension is not only a bilateral showdown, still less a tech transfer issue, but a major struggle between unilateral protectionism and multilateral free trade.»

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Over nearly a year, the dispute intensified, adding to tensions between the U.S. and Canada over cross-border trade.

Geopolitical tensions, including around a U.S. - China trade spat, have also subsided in recent weeks to support the dollar.

The company is one of the American companies most vulnerable to growing trade tensions between the U.S. and Chinese governments, with so much of its supply chain and revenue stream in China.

BEIJING — A high - powered U.S. delegation arrived in Beijing on Thursday for talks with Chinese officials on defusing tensions that are propelling the world's two largest economies toward a trade war.

China is apparently no longer buying U.S. soybeans amid the rise in trade tensions, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.

The CEO of Standard Chartered said tariffs could be an «effective» opening gambit for trade negotiations, but ultimately would provide a negative if there were escalating tensions between China and the U.S.

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The trade tensions between the U.S. and China have had limited impact on the «foreign desire for American homes» for now, says Chris Marlin of Lennar.

President Donald Trump's proposal for additional tariffs against China may escalate tensions that would hurt U.S. companies, said Miriam Sapiro, former deputy and acting U.S. trade rep during the Obama administration.

LONDON, May 3 - World stocks made little progress on Thursday as worries over global trade tensions weighed, while the U.S. dollar consolidated recent bumper gains after the Federal Reserve reaffirmed the outlook for more rate hikes.

The threat of a trade war between the U.S. and China grew more pronounced last week and there could be a winner from the fallout if tensions escalate, says one strategist.

If tensions between China and the U.S. explode into a trade war, Calvasina says the utilities sector could act as one of the few places to escape the fallout.

West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude were both more than 1 percent lower on Friday, as trade tensions between U.S. and China escalated.

CHICAGO, May 2 (Reuters)- U.S. soybean export sales to China have come to a halt, the chief executive of agricultural merchant Bunge Ltd said on Wednesday, over mounting trade tensions between the world's top two economies.

Goldman Sachs chief U.S. equity strategist David Kostin says rising trade tensions between China and the U.S. are a «minimal risk» to the S&P 500's profits.

NEW YORK, April 10 - U.S. stocks climbed on Tuesday as investor concerns about rising trade tensions between the United States and China eased after Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to cut import tariffs.

CNBC's Eunice Yoon reports on how Chinese tech companies could be harmed by the escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China.

President Xi Jinping showed a deft hand in announcing moves to ease trade tensions with the U.S. and other countries, but negotiations are still ahead, says Koon How Heng of United Overseas Bank.

He said recent trade tensions between the U.S. and China in particular are worrying.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he is not worried about China reducing its U.S. debt holdings as trade tensions between the two countries linger.

Shayne Elliott, the CEO of ANZ bank, discusses the U.S. - China trade tensions and Australia's Royal Commission inquiry into the banking sector.

This after Asian shares extended gains on Monday as tensions in the Korean Peninsula eased and first - quarter earnings shone, although some investors were cautious about the outlook amid the backdrop of a simmering U.S. - China trade dispute.

PARIS / SINGAPORE, May 3 - Chicago soybean futures inched up on Thursday, steadying after a near one - week low as investors awaited export data to see if trade tensions with China were affecting demand for U.S. supplies.

May 2 - U.S. soybean sales to China ground to a halt after Beijing threatened tariffs on imports, the CEO of agricultural trader Bunge Ltd said on Wednesday, the latest sign of mounting trade tensions upsetting the global flow of commodities.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin may visit China, in a move that could help defuse rising trade tensions between the world's two largest economies that threaten to derail a global economic recovery.

Contract talks between the two sides have dragged on for nine months, leading to labor tensions, chronic cargo congestion and shipping delays at ports along the coast that collectively handle nearly half of all U.S. maritime trade and more than 70 percent of imports from Asia.

The escalating trade tensions between the two largest economies in the world have resulted in China slapping a 25 percent levy on U.S. imports including products such as soybeans, cars and whiskey — a tit - for - tat after President Donald Trump targeted a list of Chinese imports.

U.S. - China tensions over trade may have abated for now, but with China ready to escalate at any moment, CNBC's Jim Cramer wanted investors to be prepared for potential pain.

MEXICO CITY, March 4 (Reuters)- Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland will on Sunday meet a top U.S. Republican lawmaker overseeing trade as tensions between the two neighbors ramp up over possible American steel and aluminum tariffs.

Qualcomm has been caught in the crossfires of growing trade tensions between the China and U.S..

We are already barely making ends meet,» says Daren Niemeyer, a 49 - year - old farmer in Nebraska who voted for Trump in 2016, when asked about his thoughts of the trade war tensions between China and the U.S..

«We have been inundated with requests from clients to discuss our views on [semiconductors] as it relates to the escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China,» Credit Suisse analyst John Pitzer wrote earlier this month.

For his part, Trump has argued that the tensions between China and the U.S. won't devolve into a full blown trade war.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters)- An influential U.S. lawmaker said on Sunday all fairly traded steel and aluminum, especially from Canada and Mexico, should be excluded from President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs, as he sought to calm tensions at major trade talks in Mexico.

(We've written about the escalating trade war tensions between the U.S. and China before, here, here and here.)

However, trade tension between the United States and China, and a rise in U.S. Treasury yields limited gains last month.

While antitrust regulators in eight countries have approved the acquisition, China regulators have balked amid rising trade tensions with the U.S.

Since then, we've seen a modest widening in spreads as investor sentiment shifted and volatility picked up amidst U.S. trade policy uncertainty and building geopolitical tensions.

Treasury yields on Friday are little changed in Friday trade, but were mostly lower for the week, as a swoon for global stocks appeared to intensify on worries about escalating trade tensions between China and the U.S.

Treasury yields edge slightly higher, and prices slip, on Monday as trade tensions between the U.S. and China appear to be dialed back after helping spark a selloff to close out last week's action on Wall Street.

Chinese factory growth has slowed slightly, according to a monthly survey released Monday that showed activity in the world's No. 2 economy holding up despite worries over trade tensions with the U.S..

The clash reflects the tension between Trump's promises to narrow a U.S. trade deficit with China that stood at $ 375.2 billion last year and the ruling Communist Party's development ambitions.

WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull held talks on Friday at the White House where the two leaders sought to put aside previous tensions, but divisions on trade remained.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- The Trump administration this week will unveil a list of advanced technology Chinese imports targeted for U.S. tariffs to punish Beijing over technology transfer policies, a move expected to intensify trade tensions between the world's two largest economies.

Chinese President Xi Jinping promised foreign companies greater access to China's financial and manufacturing sectors, pledging Beijing's commitment to further economic liberalization amid rising trade tensions with the U.S.

Her speech Wednesday at the University of Hong Kong follows weeks of tension between the U.S. and China over trade.