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Analysis | The Finance 202: China weighs retaliation against U.S. in escalating trade war

9/17/2018, 12:39:03 PM
As Trump tweets, "Tariffed!" ✔ Will Hurd  (R-Tex.) in Tornillo, Tex., on April 19, 2017 ✔ #TNYcartoons A post shared by The New Yorker Cartoons (@newyorkercartoons) on Sep 15, 2018 at 6:43pm PDT BULL SESSION Cut off by floodwaters, helicopters evacuate the sick and injured: Typhoon strikes Hong Kong after killing dozens in Philippines: TV reporters tell viewers what wind and rain feel like:



Donald Trump threatens to impose $200bn import tariffs on China in trade war

9/17/2018, 3:56:01 PM
US president tweets that countries who don’t make ‘fair’ trade deals with United States will face higher import tariffs ✔ The president has used the threat of higher border taxes to force nations to renegotiate their trading arrangements with the US, although economists fear the impact could lower both American and global economic growth, while also unsettling business investment



US stock futures slip amid trade fears

9/17/2018, 1:25:19 PM
undefined ✔ Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell sharply overnight following a typhoon that hit the Philippines over the weekend, while mainland Chinese markets slipped as well ✔ The dollar index, a gauge of the buck against a weighted basket of peers, slipped 0.3 per cent to 94.62



Donald Trump boasts tariffs working: ‘Very strong bargaining position’

9/17/2018, 1:26:31 PM
President Trump on Monday said his get-tough tariffs give the United States the edge in trade bouts, as he prepares to slap more duties on $200 billion of Chinese goods. ✔ If countries will not make fair deals with us, they will be Tariffed! Mr. Trumptweeted ✔ The president’s tariff policy is aimed at forcing China to stop unfair trade practices and the theft of American intellectual property ✔ Billions of Dollars is being spent on new plants all around the country! he tweeted



Chinese stocks breach post-devaluation low on tariff fears

9/17/2018, 3:36:28 PM
Growing bearish mood hits sectors from airfreight to retail ✔ Fears that the tariffs will put further downward pressure on the yuan have battered the shares of airfreight companies, which incur many of their costs in dollars ✔ Domestically oriented companies such as automakers, retailers and restaurant operators were also caught up in the sell-off, amid a widespread view that the longer the trade war drags on, the worse off the Chinese economy will be ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th



Oil higher as U.S. sanctions on Iran raise supply concerns

9/17/2018, 2:13:19 PM
Oil prices rose on Monday as investors focused on the impact of U.S. sanctions o... ✔ Iranian crude oil export loadings have declined by 580,000 barrels per day in the past three months, Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts said in a note to clients on Monday ✔ A leading Iranian official said on Saturday that Saudi Arabia and Russia had taken the oil market hostage and accused other producers of turning the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries into a U.S. tool ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Cramer explains why Wall St is not freaking about Trump's expected $200 billion of new China tariffs

9/17/2018, 3:58:36 PM
CNBC's Jim Cramer says the reported 10 percent threshold for new U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods is not enough to really worry investors. ✔ Stocks slipped in opened modestly lower Monday, and flip-flopped positive at stages in early trading ✔ Cramer, host of CNBC's Mad Money, said that sentiment could change if the president were to follow through on threatened China tariffs on another $267 billion ✔ If countries will not make fair deals with us, they will be Tariffed Reuters contributed to this report



H&M a bright spot for Europe stocks as DAX struggles

9/17/2018, 1:46:12 PM
European stocks struggle to reach positive ground Monday as fresh trade headlines weigh on global equities. H&M is a bright spot after upbeat sales numbers. ✔ The that all likely Brexit outcomes will entail costs for the U.K ✔ Subscribe to MarketWatch's free Need to Know newsletter ✔ Barbara Kollmeyer Barbara Kollmeyer is an editor for MarketWatch in Madrid ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment



Oil steady as Iran sanction fears face U.S.-China trade tensions

9/17/2018, 3:53:13 PM
Oil prices were little changed on Monday as market participants weighed potentia... ✔ U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry told Reuters on Friday that he did not expect any price spikes and that Saudi Arabia, the United States and Russia could between them raise global output in the next 18 months ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Renewed US tariff fears stalk global stock markets

9/17/2018, 12:19:51 PM
LONDON (AP) — Global stock markets started the new week on a soft note as investors waited to see if the U.S. slaps tariffs on another $200 billion-worth of Chinese goods. Oil pri ✔ LONDON (AP) Global stock markets started the new week on a soft note as investors waited to see if the U.S. slaps tariffs on another $200 billion-worth of Chinese goods ✔ ENERGY: Many of the headlines at the start of the new week have centered on the pair of storms that are hitting opposite ends of the world



The stock market is sending a ton of mixed messages right now, confusing investors

9/17/2018, 2:15:17 PM
Mike Santoli attempts to make sense of the stock market's many mixed messages right now. ✔ Kai Pfaffenbach | Reuters People with umbrellas pass by bull and bear outside Frankfurt's stock exchange during heavy rain in Frankfurt, Germany, November 20, 2017 ✔ The fact that third-quarter GDP is still tracking above 3 percent and forward S&P 500 earnings estimates are holding up well could mean time is running out for the fundamentals to fall apart in time to pressure the market much this year



California Inc.: Less-educated workers increasingly grapple with lower wages

9/17/2018, 1:09:22 PM
cal inc ✔ His firing came just days after network chief Les Moonves was forced out after a lengthy sexual harassment inquiry ✔ Vaping crackdown: Citing an epidemic of e-cigarette use among teenagers, the Food and Drug Administration is requiring manufacturers to develop detailed plans for curbing sales to minors ✔ Mad props to Laurence Darmiento for helping put this thing together



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