Sentences with phrase «looming trade war»

With looming trade wars and the Dow falling 1,100 points twice in March, some would - be buyers may bail due to the uncertain future of the national economy.

The threat of a looming trade war has brought uncertainty into the Thai stock market, an executive at the Stock Exchange of Thailand said.

Gold was near one - week high as Italian elections and fears over inflation hikes and a looming trade war tamped the dollar.

Although analysts say Chinese textile and clothing makers are at low risk from the looming trade war between China and the US, given that they export so little to America compared to other sectors, US brands are starting to diversify their sourcing.

In fact, nationalistic state media outlet Global Times said in a Wednesday op - ed that China should be ready for a «looming trade war.»

He said the cargo market, which helped fuel Cathay's second - half improvement in 2017, remained strong despite the risk of a looming trade war between the United States and China.

The anti-protectionism comments come as market sentiment sours with signs of a looming trade war between the United States, China and Europe over U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to raise tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, and possibly up to $ 60 billion worth of Chinese imports, targeting technology and telecommunications sectors.

U.S. stocks fell sharply on Thursday on fears of a looming trade war after Trump, a Republican, announced the planned tariffs.

So it's no surprise this looming trade war between the United States and one of its allies dominated the joint press conference.

For his part, Energy Secretary Rick Perry tried to allay concerns at a major energy conference this week in Houston, downplaying, and perhaps gleefully oblivious to, the fallout of the looming trade war for US energy.

It was a down day for markets Wednesday, as a looming trade war weighed on stocks and an alleged hack of a top cryptocurrency exchange sent...

A potential wildcard in this looming trade war would be the Federal Reserve's reaction to it.