Sentences with phrase «think of trade wars»

But few trade economists would say that a trade war is good or that it should be sought out; most think of trade wars as something to be avoided — or, at most, endured for the sake of protecting an industry that needs a helping hand from the government.

But more broadly speaking, it's probably not better to think of trade wars between two countries whose economies are as tightly interwoven as the US and China as having winners and losers.

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..

Not exact matches

«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.

When other countries think of things we like to export to them and they could impose tariffs, that's the beginning of trade wars.»

«I think at the end of the day that virtually all of the «trade war» effects will be negotiated away and the true economic impact on industries as well as specific companies will be very small, so I haven't factored the impact of any trade war considerations into my portfolio,» she said.

«I don't think we've previously at the [China Development Forum] felt like we were on the brink of a trade war,» he told CNBC.

«If Trump really signs the order, that is a declaration of trade war with China,» said Wei Jianguo, former vice commerce minister and now an executive deputy director of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, a government - linked think tank.

It is unclear whether Trump and his trade advisers have thought through the consequences and objectives of a trade war with China.

SARA EISEN: Stan, how do — what do you think when you read some of the headlines every day on trade and the president's tactics and the potential for a trade war?

«The general sentiment in equity markets has certainly shifted to one of caution, so I think today is one of those days where the news certainly wasn't new by any stretch, but the potential that this protectionist rhetoric will eventually spill into something a little more widespread in terms of a trade war continues to worry equity markets.»

«I think that it's very dangerous to get into a tit - for - tat war in trade, because even if your goal is to be moderate and proportional in response, one thing can lead to another and it can get out of control,» Jacob J. Lew, the Treasury secretary under President Barack Obama, told CNBC last week.

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.

Some economists see less potential for a trade war: «I don't think it will spiral out of control,» said Thea M. Lee, president of the Economic Policy Institute.

«I'd question the logic of running into a trade deal with a president who sees trade less as a means of achieving mutual prosperity and more an instrument of war,» Sam Lowe, a trade expert at the Centre for European Reform think tank, told the Guardian.

They weren't thinking trade during King Philip's War or during the Trail of Tears (not to defend them too much because a lot of those southern NAs kept slaves, so they got what was coming to them).

Free trade is thought to reduce the danger of war.

You would think, based on the surprise that has greeted President Trump's recent decisions to walk to the brink of a trade war with China and dispatch the National Guard to the Southern border, that he had not talked about securing the border and punishing Chinese trade practices for years.

You think of what's happening with the Mexican drug trade as a war?

Think about it this way; a sniper is on a pre-planned mission to take out high - value targets that can change the course of a war, and in Forex trading you should be looking for the highest - probability trade setups that can have the greatest positive impact on your track record.

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Trading can really be thought of as a type of «war» between you, yourself and the market, and the less prepared you are and the less you've tried to put the probabilities in your favor before you enter the market, the more likely you are to be defeated.

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

I find it no surprise that greed and a war of social control are driving the Carbon Trading scheme, but I think there is so