Sentences with phrase «start trade wars»

The Remain campaign would have us believe the EU would impose tariff barriers in retribution, but the truth is we import nearly # 70bn more from the continent than we sell there, so it would be an absurd act of economic self - harm for the EU to start a trade war with Britain.

Starting a trade war with your most important trading partners (China and Mexico, for instance) is pure folly since the certain outcome of such a confrontation is a net loss of American jobs and growth.

«People say [Trump] would start a trade war.

Starting a trade war might be cathartic for workers who have lost jobs, but it is unlikely to create a lot of factory work.

If Donald Trump were to become president, he would not be able to start a trade war with China, said Gordon Chang, author of «The Coming Collapse of China.»

«It's going to start a trade war.

Taking actions that risk starting a trade war with the country that is the largest holder of our debt and whose cooperation we need on a host of issues, including North Korea, would not be welcomed by global markets.

Even if a new (riskier) negotiating regime has begun, the first moves appear to be negotiating tactics, not the large and blanket (i.e., across all traded goods) tariffs that historically have started trade wars.1

The moves threaten to start a trade war between world's largest economies; U.S. stocks fall after the two nations trade barbs.

But the president has been clear, the administration has been clear, we're not trying to start a trade war.

Starting a trade war over this (which is historically BAD for everyone» prosperity) is just plain silly.

If you're going to attack the Trump administration for starting a trade war, the only other alternative is to mark the dollar down.

«While Americans do respond to the arguments that American jobs are being lost to low price imports and that the US should push for better trade deals, the counter arguments — that tariffs could hurt the solar industry overall, and that there is a risk of starting a trade war — do better,» notes Steve Kull, the director of University of Maryland's PPC.

If Trump really does want to start a trade war, that may be exactly the point.

Wall Street is sending President Trump a message: Don't start a trade war.

«Why is a guy who has many of his goods made in China wanting to start a trade war in China?»

Romney may well have no intention of starting a trade war with China or of supporting Israel to a far greater extent than Obama.

Cuomo is still planning to trot the globe to promote New York businesses despite Trump's threats during the campaign to start a trade war with China and Mexico.

You think there is a danger of starting a trade war?

Amid mounting criticism from Republicans and usually GOP allies, White House chief economic adviser Lawrence Kudlow and other White House officials on Friday pushed back on the idea that President Donald Trump is starting a trade war with China.

Then again maybe that's what Elon is hoping for, if he can't have the Chinese market, maybe he can provoking Trump into starting a trade war that see tariffs being put on GM and Ford too, this would prevent GM and Ford from enjoying the massive Chinese market advantage and use it back home.

Not exact matches

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.

It is easy to laugh at the bizarre logic which lies behind the trade war started by US President Donald Trump, but in countries on the fringe of a remarkable global event, such as Australia, the laughing will soon stop.

Marc Chandler, head of fixed - income strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman, said he does not see the potential tariffs as the start of a trade war, but the move would be a volley that could have implications for global trade.

Still, no matter who started it, the trade war is on, and there is bound to be considerable collateral damage.

It started with fears of rising interest rates, then moved to jitters over a trade war.

«If you start having a Chinese trade war or greater geopolitical risk, then it starts to become a greater worry for the market overall,» Clifton said.

But the Chinese billionaire has not held back voicing scepticism of Trump's protectionist policies, warning «if trade stops, war starts.»

«Trade wars are easy to start, but winning them is another question altogether,» says Daryl Guppy of Guppytraders.com.

Beijing's plan will change little on the ground and offers a slim chance to become the starting point in talks to avert a trade war with Washington.

While Xi is almost certain to hail the openness of China's economy and markets at Boao, his rhetoric will suffer from unfortunate timing, coming amid the start of a trade war between China and the US.

«Given the recent sell - off in Qualcomm and NXP shares amid the US and China trade war issues, we believe the market has started to anticipate a lower probability that China will approve Qualcomm's bid for NXP,» wrote Canaccord Genuity Analyst Mike Walkley in a research note.

My fear is that the global trading system will start to crumble, and if that happens, this will just be the opening salvo in a much larger trade war in the world.

President Trump may have just started a major trade war with countries around the world over steel and aluminum, and it sure looks like he doesn't know what he's gotten himself into.

And why it means that today, 90 years later, President Trump has the power to start what many people say is a trade war.

Many chief executives at Davos say they don't view Trump's recent tariffs as the start of a global trade war.

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.

Even though investors seemed to lose momentum toward the end of the session on Monday, positive comments from Chinese officials succeeded in easing fears about a potential trade war, and that helped refocus most market participants on the impending start to earnings season.

Over the last few months, President Trump has started what will probably become one of the most destructive trade wars in history.

«This is not the start of a trade war.

It was said that «the best of defense is to attack»... --- Those allowed such to be signed knew all the time that this is what was going to happen because it happened repeatedly through out history from time of the crusaders but still they continued with signing it because it meant for them money pouring in for all involved with the trading on this issue which has spoiled the life of the Palestinians and all Arabs ever started war over those lands started with swords and horses that has developed into the present arms that we became to know and only God knows how future arms would look like in few de-ca-des or cen - tur - ies that are yet to come...?!

Initially started by the United States and Britain during World War II to assist postwar international financial and economic co-operation, these have been joined by others such as the World Trade Organization, and act as brokers for the free market.

The bidding war, which started with the stock trading at about $ 4.78, prompted Murray Goulburn to offer $ 9.50 a share.

4 picks = 1 player — RG 1 pick, 1 player, 1 premium contract = Alex 1 historical contract = Norman replace 2 starting WRs with Pryor Manage a 3 - 4 roster with no NT... year after year go to war with the only decent QB ever drafted under his watch forcing him to trade assets for a new shiny toy

Since both US and EU are huge economical actors, one should expect that such a «trade war» if started, to have significant global economical effects (measured in tens of billion $).

Meanwhile, Russia — whose recent actions led commentators to lament the start of a new Cold War — continues to make its mark on global trade.

This article argues a possible trade war that might start as a consequence to steel tariff: Appearing at a joint press conference in the White House, Mr Trump was asked how he would avoid his...

At the start of the war, the many retail societies in the Co-operative movement grew in both membership and trade, in part because of their very public anti-profiteering stance.

The government should prepare itself for «sustained war» with the trade union movement as austerity Britain starts to bite, leaders have warned.

A trade war with China is starting to take shape as it threatens to raise tariffs on $ 3 billion worth of U.S. imports.