G20 countries agreed to extend the moratorium on new protectionist
trade measures from 2014 to 2016 (the so - called «standstill clause»).
In fact, a broad range of emerging - market assets enjoyed a favorable backdrop, boosted by a number of additional factors, including solid demand from China — which bolstered revenues for many commodity producers — and an absence (to date) of protectionist
trade measures from the Trump administration.
Many emerging markets enjoyed favorable conditions, helped by the softer US dollar, solid demand from China and an absence (to date) of protectionist
trade measures from the Trump administration.
«The EU stands ready to react swiftly and appropriately in case our exports are affected by any restrictive
trade measures from the U.S.,» a European Commission source tells CNBC.
Not exact matches
Today's must - read story is
from Fortune «s Tory Newmyer and it looks at labor federation AFL - CIO's decision to lift a freeze on political contributions that it imposed in March in a move meant to pressure Democrats to vote against free
trade measures.
Additionally, retaliatory
measures from other countries could spark a
trade war.
The wages here represent the average hourly earnings for employees paid by the hour,
measured in Canadian dollars, also available
from Trading Economics.
Stock pickers got a huge boost
from historically low pair-wise correlations between stocks in major indexes — a
measure that reflects the degree to which they
trade in tandem.
They've gotten a huge boost
from historically low pair-wise correlations between stocks in major indexes — a
measure that reflects the degree to which they
trade in tandem.
On their face, the added levies would boost inflation
measures by one - tenth of a percentage point while reducing annual GDP growth by one or two tenths, Barclays said in a note that assumes the moves would not have massive repercussions
from U.S.
trading partners.
The Senate bill would adjust the size at which banks are subject to certain regulatory scrutiny and exempt small banks
from some requirements for loans, mortgages, and
trading, among other
measures.
A Colorado legislator has introduced a
measure to the House of Representatives that would define as gross income gains worth over $ 600
from the sale or
trading of cryptocurrency.
Nations still retain a range of
measures designed to insulate parts of the domestic economy
from trade and competition.
The Nigerian Senate's Committee on Banking and Other Financial Institutions will examine bitcoin's suitability for investment and recommend
measures to protect citizens
from suffering financial losses as a result of
trading the digital asset.
The first
trading day of the second quarter began with a broad selloff concentrated in the technology and consumer discretionary sectors, as losses by Amazon.com (AMZN.O), Tesla (TSLA.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O), among others, took center stage
from retaliatory
trade measures China unveiled on Sunday.
The president has steadily winnowed free -
trade advocates
from the ranks of his cabinet, and these
measures are unlikely to draw the wall of opposition
from Republicans that the metal tariffs did.
Even if the growth rates of nominal GDP and U.S. corporate revenues (including foreign revenues) over the coming 20 years match their 4 % growth rate of the past 20 years, and even if the most reliable valuation
measures merely touch their historical norms 20 years
from today, the S&P 500 Index two decades
from now will
trade more than 20 % lower than where it
trades today.
By withdrawing
from multilateral mechanisms, such as the 2015 Paris Agreement, and taking anti-globalization
measures, the U.S. is destabilizing global free
trade and the world order.
With all due respect, if there is no way to come up with a value for gold itself aside
from where it's currently
trading, you're on shaky ground using its valuation to fundamentally
measure some other thing that is only vaguely analogous.
April / May Canadian [
trade] data may have been partly reflecting hangover effects
from a harsh winter and a soft US economy in Q1 and into the start of Q2 whereas the US activity
measures really picked up thereafter.
They use a long - run sentiment index derived
from principal component analysis of six sentiment
measures:
trading volume as
measured by NYSE turnover; the dividend premium; the closed - end fund discount; the number of and first - day returns on Initial Public Offerings; and, the equity share in new issues.
To test robustness of findings, they: (1) account for one - way
trading frictions ranging
from 0.02 % to 0.05 % across assets; (2) consider five subperiods to test consistency over time; and, (3) perform out - of - sample tests using the first part of each subperiod to select the best rules and roughly the last year to
measure performance of these rules out - of - sample.
While the U.S. and China will take
measures to walk back
from a full - blown
trade war, heightened
trade tensions between the two will be the new normal for the foreseeable future.
Tariffs are taxing the global financial markets as they try to guesstimate the economic impact
from the effect of tit - for - tat responses to the initial U.S.
measures efforts to gain support for dealing with Chinese
trade violations.
But the hawkish rhetoric of the campaign has given way to more
measured statements on
trade from the administration that track more closely with the stance of many congressional Republicans, who are avid promoters of free
trade and deeply skeptical of policies they view as restrictive or protectionist.
Most of these cryptocurrency exchanges either confirmed that they did not provide
trading services for such cryptocurrencies or took immediate rectification
measures, including removing relevant cryptocurrencies
from their platforms...
«The minor tweaks to CETA's investor - state provisions do nothing to stop foreign corporations
from using the threat of billion dollar lawsuits to prevent governments
from enacting socially or environmentally responsible
measures,» said Larry Brown, co-chair of the
Trade Justice Network.
That means that while the United States» current
trade rhetoric is a marked change
from the past, U.S.
trade in practice may continue to be one of globalization, albeit more
measured.
And recent signs suggest that the administration may be becoming a bit more
measured in its
trade approach in response to pressure
from congressional Republicans
from states that Trump won in 2016; many of those states would be disadvantaged should the US leave NAFTA.
Measuring trade in gross terms, rather than examining the value - add inputs
from countries along the supply chain, fails to tell us the whole story of where commodities actually came
from and where they went.
On
trade policy, he wanted tougher
measures against China but faced opposition
from National Economic Council director Gary Cohn, the former Goldman Sachs COO.
The first phase of sanctions targeted individuals, but these new
measures prohibits U.S. institutions
from trading new bonds with the government of Venezuela or state - owned oil company PDVSA, a move intended to choke off the regime's finances.
Moreover, because these new proposed
measures target imports
from all countries that supply steel or aluminum to the US market, several or perhaps even all those countries may seek to initiate proceedings against the United States at the World
Trade Organization (WTO), which enforces the GATT.
This indicator also
measures the cumulative inflow of money into or out of a specific
trading asset, although the methodology differs somewhat
from that of the Money Flow Index.
While the biggest winners
from the original 12 - member TPP — Vietnam and Japan — stood to see their conventionally
measured gains
from trade sharply reduced, countries with existing FTAs with the United States, including Canada, stood to see their gains increase as their existing preferential access to the US market would not be eroded and they would not have to share
trade gains in other TPP markets with the United States.
Importantly, when a preferred share is
trading at a high current yield relative to the market yield, the investor receives a
measure of protection
from the impact of rising interest rates (or, if we're focused on real returns, the impact of rising inflation).
In theory, the EU could swiftly introduce additional tariffs on «certain imports»
from the US But in reality, it would take weeks because the European Commission needs to notify the World
Trade Organization it is going to impose restrictions and establish the list of goods and services on which the
measures will be applied.
But he said such disputes should be worked out among
trade partners, not decided by
measures initiated
from one side.
The political and economic system created by the United States and its allies after World War II — a system built around common defense
measures and free
trade — rescued Europe
from the self - inflicted catastrophe of 1914 - 1945, prevented nuclear war, preserved the peace until the collapse of the Soviet empire, and allowed once - captive nations to reclaim their liberties.
This is not the first time myself and my retailer colleagues have been fed a constant stream of tobacco industry scare stories,
from front groups and via the
trade media, in which doomsday was predicted for small retailers at any
measure to cut young people smoking.
Only the EU Emissions
Trading System and the carbon price floor were opposed by a clear majority of voters
from across the political spectrum, though even then it is highly doubtful that very much political capital can be gained by abolishing
measures equivalent to an annual average cost of # 13 per household, (see pie chart graph).
The senior senator
from Arkansas, Lincoln attached to the bill a hard - hitting
measure that would require banks to separate their swap -
trading units
from their core businesses.
«As the D - 8, we need to intensify our activities with a view to enhancing various
measures and incentives introduced to promote
trade and assist the business communities
from Member - States to invest in our countries and widen our cooperation.
«But I will be expecting an adequate response
from the government as to how we replace European funds that will now be lost to my constituency and the rest of the North East, including
Trade Tariff protection
measures against dumped Chinese Steel.»
Now officials
from Ontario and Quebec - where most of that nation's steel is produced - are not ruling out taking retaliatory
trade measures against New York State.
In a unanimous decision, it welcomed «any
measures which increase the involvement of individual
trade unionists in the Labour Party» and, as had been advocated by Len McCluskey
from the start, specifically agreed Miliband's proposal that «individual political levy paying members of
trade unions be encouraged to «opt in'to associate membership of the Labour Party as part of the drive to build a Party of mass membership.»
Looking at two different
measures of wind intensity (the East - West difference in sea level pressure and the depth of the thermocline) over the time periods involved, they conclude that
trade winds were diminishing over the course of 1950 to 1990, but then picked up
from 1990 to 2010.
The new
measures, detailed in an internal memo that was recently leaked to national newspaper El País, have drawn criticism
from the scientific community and angered
trade unions.
In order to
trade properly you have to have an agreed basis for
measuring carbon emissions, which can come
from very different sources such as agriculture, transport or industry.
The sewbot can
measure, cut and stitch a garment with little help (see «Rag -
trade robots:
From body scan to bespoke suit «-RRB-.