Sentences with phrase «global trade protectionism»

As a way to introduce the first, let me give you the quote from Merrill Lynch economist David Rosenberg about the rising threat of global trade protectionism:

As a way to introduce the first, let me give you the quote from Merrill Lynch economist David Rosenberg about the rising threat of global trade protectionism: «The Financial Times weighs in on the rising threat of global trade protectionism in today's Lex Column on page 14 («Economic Patriotism»).

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«The other problem is a lack of investment demand, which is surprising given the headwinds to global trade from protectionism» amid global trade tensions.

«At the same time, there are clear downside risks: political uncertainty, including in Europe; the sword of protectionism hanging over global trade; and tighter global financial conditions that could trigger disruptive capital outflows from emerging and developing economies,» the former French finance minister said.

With Trump's Nov. 8 election victory and his campaign promise to tear up international trade deals threatening to shatter a fragile global recovery, Singapore «s open economy remains among some of the most vulnerable markets to U.S. protectionism.

Though talk of an all - out global trade war has dampened, some analysts still believe that protectionism is a cause for concern — especially when it comes to tech.

First, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke at Fortune's Global Forum where he continued to emphasize that openness and free trade can combat the rising tide of protectionism.

«The other problem is a lack of investment demand, which is surprising given the headwinds to global trade from protectionism.

Businesses are worried about protectionism, global trade, what happens when the U.S. seems to be moving in this more populist direction.

In addition, a shift toward protectionism in advanced economies could reduce global growth and trade, impede capital flows, and dampen market sentiment.

A tit - for - tat trade war could evolve into a full - blown one that hurts everyone, and would be a slap in the face of the global statesmanship, and commitment to globalization Xi has tried hard to display, most notably with his speech at the original Davos last year, where he presented himself as a counter to the newly - elected Trump's protectionism.

A trade war triggered by safeguard tariffs would open a new wound in the global trading system, because it would unravel almost a quarter of a century of discipline and dethrone the WTO as the arbiter of global trade and a check on protectionism.

Phil Levy, a trade expert at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and former Bush administration economist, told CNN Money that the Commerce Department's steel and aluminum tariffs are «raw protectionism in search of an excuse» and that the national security excuse is a sort of Pandora's Box on trade protectionism.

And amid the debate over how far the government should go to protect certain industries in the era of global competition and technological change, some trade and industry experts are questioning whether the administration is simply using national security as an excuse for economic protectionism.

Though a few nations did retaliate against a few selected products, Smoot - Hawley played only a modest role in the global movements back and forth between protectionism and free trade.

The 1980s African debt crisis was created by a variety of factors (much more complex than the commonly attributed «poor African leadership» theory), including irresponsible over-lending by private creditors seeking high returns, the tendency towards one product commodity economies, the targeting of developing countries for high interest loans, the global monetary shock of 1979 - 81, trade protectionism in Northern countries, the depreciation of the US dollar, the prolonged drought of 1981 - 84, among other factors (see African Debt Revisited).

European leaders must «wake up» to the costs of protectionism and realise that free trade is vital for the global economy, Gordon Brown has said.

But what made it a depression was its global contagion, and then the breakdown of trade and the retreat into protectionism.

The free world might even, heaven forbid, reverse the current, rather unthinking, trend towards global free trade and institute a system of climate - based protectionism, to give force to our requirements that the entire globe reduce emissions.