Skip to main content

Trade War - SERIES 139 {22 articles}

Panelists clash over trade war with China - CNN Video

9/18/2018, 12:06:10 AM
China has accused the US of starting "the biggest trade war in economic history" as the two sides imposed steep new tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of each other's exports. ✔ MUST WATCH Panelists clash over trade war with China China has accused the US of starting the biggest trade war in economic history as the two sides imposed steep new tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of each other's exports



Japan calls for early solution to U.S.-China trade war

9/18/2018, 1:59:42 AM
Japanese Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Tuesday called for an early solut... ✔ FILE PHOTO: Japanese Minister of Economic Revitalization Toshimitsu Motegi attends a news conference on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Ministerial Meeting during APEC 2017 in Da Nang, Vietnam, November 11, 2017 ✔ U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his trade war with China on Monday, imposing 10 percent tariffs on about $200 billion worth of Chinese imports ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Oil prices drop as escalating trade war clouds demand outlook

9/18/2018, 1:52:48 AM
Oil prices fell on Tuesday following the imposition of tariffs by the U.S. on approximately $200 billion of Chinese imports. ✔ Oil markets dropped on Tuesday as the latest escalation in the Sino-U.S ✔ trade war clouded the outlook for demand, although concerns over tightening supply offered prices some support ✔ The growing trade dispute has hurt trading sentiment ✔ Sanctions affecting Iran's petroleum sector will come into force from Nov. 4



US slaps tariffs on $200bn in China goods as trade war escalates

9/18/2018, 12:42:54 AM
Trump warns US will impose further tariffs on $267bn worth of additional imports if China retaliates. ✔ Consumer tech trimmed The US Trade Representative's office eliminated about 300 product categories from the proposed tariff list, along with some subsets of other categories, but administration officials said the total value of the revised list would still be approximately $200 billion



US TRADE WAR: Donald Trump announces further tariffs on $200 BILLION of Chinese goods

9/18/2018, 12:44:07 AM
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has announced Washington is set to impose further tariffs on $200billion (£152billion) of Chinese goods as of next week, intensifying the trade war between the two nations. ✔ Donald Trump is set to implement further tariffs on Chinese goods next week (Image: GETTY) Donald Trump warned he would implement further tariffs if China retaliates against the order (Image: GETTY) But, so far, China has been unwilling to change its practices



New tariffs on China spare smartwatches but hit tech networks

9/18/2018, 12:59:11 AM
Networking equipment gets caught in the trade war. ✔ GoPro CEO: We're 'actively looking' to source outside of China President Donald Trump's latest tariffs on Chinese goods won't hit the Apple Watch or Air Pods ✔ The Consumer Technology Association said in a statement that while it's glad that certain consumer items were removed from the list, it believes the tariffs are bad policy



Trump imposes tariffs on $200 bil more of Chinese goods; Apple smart watches, other gadgets exempt

9/18/2018, 2:34:44 AM
The Trump administration will impose tariffs on $200 billion more in Chinese goods starting next week, escalating a trade war between the world's two biggest economies and potentially raising prices on consumer goods ranging from handbags to bicycle tires. The tariffs will start at 10 percent, beginning Monday of next… ✔ By expanding the list to $200 billion worth of Chinese imports, Trump risks spreading the pain to ordinary Americans ✔ In a filing with the government, for instance, Giant Bicycles Inc ✔ This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.



China stocks and renminbi lower as Trump imposes new tariffs

9/18/2018, 3:04:17 AM
undefined ✔ Hopefully, this is what is going to happen, though the chance is low, Ms Pang said ✔ The reaction to the US tariffs was more marked for China’s renminbi ✔ The rate for the onshore renminbi, which is permitted to trade 2 per cent either side of a daily mid point set by the People’s Bank of China, was 0.4 per cent weaker at Rmb6.8778 per dollar while the offshore renminbi was 0.2 per cent weaker at Rmb6.8787 ✔ The price of gold also fell, down almost $3 at $1,197 an ounce



China securities official says U.S. trade action will not work

9/18/2018, 2:25:09 AM
The United State's trade actions against China will not work as China has a... ✔ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj Fang Xinghai, vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), said at a conference in Tianjin that he hopes the two sides can sit down and negotiate on trade and that he looks forward to good China-U.S ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



China commerce minister says U.S. unilateralism, protectionism will...

9/18/2018, 3:54:32 AM
China's commerce minister told representatives of foreign firms on Monday t... ✔ FILE PHOTO: A container truck moves past containers at the Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai, China April 24, 2018 ✔ China will accelerate its opening up and create a better business environment for companies, Zhong was quoted as saying ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



US imposes 10% tariffs on $200bn of Chinese goods, threatens more

9/18/2018, 12:56:25 AM
Trump vows to tax another $267bn of imports if Beijing retaliates ✔ China has many levers and can negate half of the 10% tariffs just by lowering their currency and have state banks lend money to Chinese companies that will never have to be repaid, said Morici, who has advised the Trump administration on tariffs and whose praise the president cited in a Monday tweet



Apple Watch is safe, but China tariffs could still hit other consumer tech products

9/18/2018, 2:38:00 AM
While Apple Inc. and the smartwatch business is safe for now against the tariffs the Trump administration enacted against China, there are many other potential areas of tech that could be hurt by the tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods. ✔ Intel said the list was so broad and encompasses so many information, communication and technology products that significant consumer harm is unavoidable ✔ Therese Poletti Therese Poletti is a senior columnist for MarketWatch in San Francisco ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment



Markets Live: Trade tariffs to rattle market

9/18/2018, 12:02:40 AM
Australian stocks are expected to dip on opening after President Trump announced tariffs on $US200 billion worth of goods. ✔ Total Australian sales grew 9.6 per cent to $307 million ✔ But if clear air can be found, the next test for the ASX and its budding recovery sits around 6205 ✔ More 9:36am Hello and welcome to today's Markets Live blog ✔ Your editor today is Lucy Battersby (lbattersby@fairfaxmedia.com.au) This blog is not intended as financial advice



Opinion | Trump could play Scrooge this holiday season

9/18/2018, 12:33:13 AM
Some $250 billion worth of duties on foreign goods is the real War on Christmas. ✔ By Catherine Rampell Catherine Rampell Columnist covering economics, public policy, politics and culture Email Bio Follow Columnist September 17 at 8:11 PM For years, Donald Trump and right-wing pundits warned us about the War on Christmas ✔ But Apple fanboys shouldn’t sleep snug in their beds just yet



New U.S. trade action 'poisons' atmosphere, won't work on China:...

9/18/2018, 3:01:29 AM
The United State's trade actions against China will not work as China has a... ✔ Trump also threatened to immediately pursue tariffs on another $267 billion of imports if China retaliates ✔ If he puts tariffs on all Chinese exports to the United States - which he says he will - even in that scenario, the negative impact on China’s economy is about 0.7 percent, Fang said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



US slaps new tariffs on $200 bil. worth of Chinese imports

9/18/2018, 12:07:02 AM
undefined ✔ US President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks during the Hispanic Heritage Month celebration in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, DC, USA, 17 September 2018 ✔ In anticipation of the move, China promised to retaliate ✔ They just refuse to make the changes we want to see



Explained: Donald Trump’s $200bn of new tariffs on China

9/18/2018, 2:12:16 AM
undefined ✔ According to US data, bilateral trade between the two countries’ reached $630bn in 2017, with Chinese exports to the US ($500bn) dwarfing US exports to China ($130bn) ✔ Chinese officials are hoping that if the Republicans suffer losses in the House and Senate elections on November 6, those defeats and the growing frustration of US consumers and companies with higher import prices will weaken Mr Trump’s hand



China's military and economic power 'cannot be denied' and US 'has to make room'

9/18/2018, 2:43:20 AM
The United States needs to determine how to accommodate China as a rising power in the Asia-Pacific region, even if a declining U.S. presence there reduces stability, according to an expert. ✔ A desire to counter China's economic and political influence, which Beijing is expanding through its massive Belt and Road infrastructure program, is believed to be a major factor driving this Indo-Pacific policy ✔ CNBC's Nyshka Chandran and Arjun Kharpal contributed to this report



Chinese producers expected to beat US tariffs by rerouting goods

9/18/2018, 2:26:13 AM
Experts say practice is already widespread in some industries ✔ The honey is then put into jars with labels that state their origin as these Southeast Asian countries ✔ The jars of honey are then shipped from Thailand and Vietnam to the U.S. without incurring antidumping duties, said an industry source ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th



U.S. duties spare Apple gadgets but hit cloud industry

9/18/2018, 1:13:46 AM
The United States will spare Apple Inc's Watch and other consumer gadgets f... ✔ REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY ✔ That could affect smaller technology firms such as Eero, a startup company that makes home routers and had asked to be exempted from the tariffs ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Commentary: Trump tariffs only a weak blow to China

9/18/2018, 12:25:39 AM
China is fully prepared to win any kind of tariff war that Donald Trump can thro... ✔ At the same time, Chinese exports to the United States represented just 18 percent of its total exports last year ✔ In short, very much a lose-lose proposition for the White House ✔ He’s president for life, utterly in charge of his system of Autocratic Capitalism



Trump has put a gun to China's head and we're in the crossfire

9/18/2018, 2:05:43 AM
Donald Trump's simplistic view of trade is dangerous not only to China, Australia and the rest of Asia, it's going to hurt his own country too. ✔ Photo: AP There is little doubt the tariffs will do harm to an economy already weakening as the Chinese authorities try to reduce the level of financial leverage in their system ✔ If the US continues down this path it will damage the global economy and the layers of multi-lateral relationships that have underpinned growth in the post-war era



>>> Open This Series

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Trade War - SERIES 293 {17 articles}

Australia boosts LNG output to feed China's growing appetite 10/25/2018, 8:07:27 PM Beijing's energy shift and US trade war provide an opening ✔ We recognized more than three years ago that the period of oversupply would not last and set about lining up projects to progress when the market rebalanced, Coleman said in June ✔ Santos was also founded in 1954 as an oil exploration company and entered the LNG business in 2006 China may wait it out rather than deal with Trump 10/26/2018, 1:55:31 AM Trump better start thinking about an exit strategy from a trade war that is showing no signs of easing, writes David Andelman ✔ MUST WATCH The real cost of Trump's tariffs 09:02 David A ✔ Author of A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today, he was formerly a foreign correspondent for The New York Times and CBS News in Asia and Europe ✔ And indeed, there has been a degree of impact in China, even beyond its stock markets Google corporate ...

Disasters - SERIES 341 {10 articles}

Nikki Haley mocks Trump and Elizabeth Warren in speech a week after resigning 10/20/2018, 3:04:38 PM Ms Haley is due to leave her UN post at the end of the year ✔ There were no deaths reported among the 164 passengers and six crew members aboard the Utair Boeing 737, but the Russian health ministry said 18 people were injured ✔ After her resignation announcement, Mr Trump praised the ambassador, saying she has done a fantastic job, and that she is a fantastic person REVEALED: Photos show China HELPING with Pakistan nuclear programme amid WW3 concern 10/20/2018, 2:16:04 PM CHINA is extending its influence into Pakistan as it rushes to help the nation’s nuclear programme by building two power stations, satellite images have revealed. ✔ But the plants have been set up in an area that is extremely prone to seismic shifts as Karachi is on the cusp of three tectonic plates – the Arabia plate, the Eurasia plate and the India plate ✔ But China’s dominance comes at the expense of lo...

Trade War - SERIES 298 {14 articles}

Southeast Asia benefits from FDI surge in first half 10/27/2018, 7:08:15 AM Investments up 18%, with US-China trade war seen accelerating trend ✔ In Vietnam, the manufacturing sector is also enjoying a surge in FDI ✔ Maybank Kim Eng Research said in a recent report that FDI in the manufacturing sector soared 18% in the first nine months of this year, driven by two projects led by South Korean companies ✔ Nikkei staff writer Masayuki Yuda in Bangkok contributed to this story Japan's jumbo delegation racks up China deals, with eye on Trump 10/26/2018, 8:14:22 PM Sino-US trade war casts shadow over economic forum in Beijing ✔ Japan's 500-plus delegation attends the China-Japan Third Party Market Cooperation Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 26 ✔ Panasonic aims to deepen ties with the Chinese market while minimizing the impact of the trade war ✔ This helped pave the way for BMW to raise its stake in a Chinese joint venture and Exxon Mobil to build...

War Countries - SERIES 177 {20 articles}

U.S. warns Russia over missile defense for Syria 9/24/2018, 9:50:52 PM The Trump administration is warning Russia that supplying Syria with an advanced missile defense system would be a "major mistake" and should be reconsidered. It also says U.S. forces will not leave Syria until Iran leaves. National security adviser John Bolton said Monday that delivery of the Russian S-300 would… ✔ Shortly before the downing, Israeli strikes had hit targets inside Syria, reportedly preventing an arms shipment to the Iranian-backed militant Hezbollah group ✔ There is no daylight between his appreciation of the situation and mine ✔ This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Exclusive: U.S. accuses Myanmar military of 'planned and... 9/24/2018, 10:36:33 PM nt investigation has found that Myanmar’s military waged a "well-planned an... ✔ One of the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it would be up to U.S. Secretary of State ...

Trade War - SERIES 308 {22 articles}

Asian shares bounce in choppy trade, trade war worries remain 10/30/2018, 8:20:26 AM Asian shares clawed back earlier losses on Tuesday as China made a fresh attempt... ✔ The CBOE Global Markets volatility index, known as Wall Street’s fear gauge, jumped to as much as 27.86 points, its highest since Oct. 11 and the second highest since the volatility shock of early February ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles Trade war worries boost dollar towards recent highs; euro struggles 10/30/2018, 9:14:04 AM The dollar rose towards 2 1/2-month highs on Tuesday, supported by worries about... ✔ The euro has also been weighed down by a standoff between Brussels and Rome over Italy’s budget, which would breach the European Union’s fiscal rules ✔ The Japanese yen extended its losses against the dollar after losing ground overnight, partly as Japanese investors have been net buyers of offshore equities in the current month ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principl...