Best Buy will stop selling Huawei smartphones in a move that may highlight how
an escalating trade war is going to hit technology vendors.
An escalating trade war between the United States and China shook the markets earlier in the day after Beijing announced it was considering reciprocal tariffs on the world's largest economy.
America's
escalating trade war with China stole the headlines this week.
Rising interest rates and
an escalating trade war also signal the possible end of the Trump reflation trade — at least, for now.
«American farmers appear to be the first casualties of
an escalating trade war,» said Max Baucus, a former Democratic senator from Montana and a chairman of a group called Farmers for Free Trade.
Global trade matters greatly, and the prospect of a real and
escalating trade war with China has made its way into the fabric of current market psychology.
The world economy was coming off the boil even before President Trump launched
an escalating trade war against China.
Investors are hoping for calmer seas after stocks suffered their worst week in two years amid the Facebook scandal and concerns about
an escalating trade war with China.
Another sell off in the markets based on fears from Drumpf damaging economy of the US by
escalating the trade war, job report, inflation fear.
Other members of the delegation, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Larry Kudlow, who heads the National Economic Council, appear more inclined to strike deals that would accomplish the president's goal of reducing the gap between what America imports from China and what it sells to the country, and thus head off the risk of
an escalating trade war.
The escalating trade war between the United States and China is usually perceived as an economic struggle.
Julie Johnsson Aerospace Reporter Bloomberg News Discussing Boeing falling victim to China's
escalating trade war with the U.S.
Q: How do you avoid
this escalating trade war?
(We've written about
the escalating trade war tensions between the U.S. and China before, here, here and here.)
The planned tariffs have roiled world stock markets as investors worried about the prospect of
an escalating trade war that would derail global economic growth.
Worries of
escalating trade wars could be a longer - term negative for the dollar, even as the currency gets a temporary lift ahead of the Fed's meeting next week.
The moves add to fears of
escalating trade wars and the effects they could have on the global economy.
While last night's quid - pro-quo from Chinese officials will likely be remembered as the start of
escalating trade wars, Wikileaks has uncovered a declassified cable from John Huntsman indicating China's clear understanding of the growing tension and comprehension of the ability of the US to entirely destroy it economically with one swipe of the Presidential pen via a massive devaluation of the USD or repegging to gold.
Not exact matches
And yet, in the
escalating war of words between the world's two largest economies on
trade issues, it's almost impossible to preserve such fine distinctions.
Should tensions
escalate, Wall Street could see an atypical
trade war where tariffs are met with non-conventional methods from China.
Hedge fund managers have warned that Chinese authorities could soon retaliate against U.S. tariffs and vastly
escalate a global
trade war that has simmered for the last few of weeks.
He opened by telling the crowd that he needed the newser to go quickly because «I've got a lot of
trade wars to
escalate here.»
US stocks tumbled Wednesday as President Donald Trump
escalated tensions with Russia through a series of tweets, rattling investor nerves at a time when fears of a global
trade war were starting to ebb.
«Ultimately, I think we realize that it's not in anybody's interest for this to
escalate into a
trade war so while we believe there's going to be a lot of rhetoric... I think sanity is going to prevail,» he told CNBC at the Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong.
«It had looked to many investors that the world was headed for a
trade war and an
escalating risk of
war in Syria,» Marc Chandler, global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers...
As a
trade war between the U.S. and China
escalates, tariffs imposed by the two nations have business owners in industries ranging from cars to wine feeling nervous.
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.
They may be on Beijing's target list, but Chinese leaders are less likely to go after them first unless their
trade war with Trump
escalates to a more vicious level.
My colleague Kim Iskyan has been warning of the potential for a
trade war between the U.S. and China for 18 months now (you can read his previous alerts here and here... and subscribers to The Churchouse Letter will know that his investment recommendation to take advantage of this
escalating mercantilist skirmish is up nearly 100 percent.
David Rodibaugh is closely watching
escalating developments as a possible
trade war between the world's two largest economies — the U.S. and China — because he knows he'll be in the middle of it if it happens.
Update: For the time being,
trade war is creating uncertainty but should the situation
escalate, it could have a negative effect on the world economy, says chief executive Jan Rindbo
If the
trade skirmish
escalates into a
trade war, it will harm economic growth, but it will also be inflationary.
Hong Kong's commerce minister on Friday said the city would inevitably be hit by a spillover effect from an
escalating US - China
trade war.
I personally believe that the above are good enough reasons to add pressure to Treasuries, but if we want more food for thought, we can not forget that China is the largest holder of US government bonds after the Fed and if the rhetoric around a
trade war escalates we can assume that this point would most likely be touched by Chinese counterparties.
But if they don't strike a deal, or at least make serious progress toward one, things could go south fast — perhaps even
escalating into a full - on
trade war.
Yet, with so many asset classes priced for perfection there seems to be precious little margin - of - safety to insulate investors should these initial skirmishes
escalate into a full - blown
trade war.
The timing, however, suggests Beijing is looking for a cushion if the economy slows, or a
trade war escalates.
The nascent
trade war between the United States and China continues to
escalate.
Unless
trade wars, sanctions, and tensions
escalate to the point that economic growth is threatened, the impact to the commodity complex as a whole likely will be limited.
Stock market volatility continued on Wednesday, mainly due to worries that tit - for - tat tariff retaliation between the U.S. and China could
escalate into a
trade war.
A big week down after fears of a
trade war escalate.
As tensions
escalate between the US and China, one crop is emerging as the most powerful weapon in a potential
trade war: the soybean.
Appearing at a joint press conference in the White House, Mr Trump was asked how he would avoid his steel tariff «
escalating in a
trade war».
It is a battle progressive forces can not duck away from, but it is also of grave concern that a time when international co-operation is desperately required to tackle the
escalating climate threat, the necessary geopolitical priority has become containing the spread of nationalist autocracy and avoiding the very real risk of a volatile and cornered U.S. president turning
trade wars into shooting
wars.
He opened by telling the crowd that he needed the newser to go quickly because «I've got a lot of
trade wars to
escalate here.»
The nascent
trade war between the United States and China continues to
escalate.
Fears over a growing
trade war between the U.S. and China have been
escalating over the past month, prompted by President Trump's plans to impose a tax on steel and aluminum from China and other countries.