Tag: trade war

September 19, 2019

The trade war is taking its toll on Apple Inc., a new survey of Chinese consumer attitudes shows. The company tumbled to No. 24 in an annual report on China’s top brands, falling from No. 11 a year ago. In […]

September 12, 2019

The U.S. and China are taking baby steps to ease tensions in their trade war, as negotiators prepare for the resumption of face-to-face talks in Washington in the coming weeks. On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he was postponing […]

August 29, 2019

China indicated that it wouldn’t immediately retaliate against the latest U.S. tariff increase announced by President Donald Trump last week, emphasizing the need to discuss ways to deescalate the trade war between the world’s two largest economies. “China has ample […]

August 28, 2019

The US-China trade war is raging on, and the latest red flag for global growth shows no sign of abating. Those fears are gripping investors on Wednesday as global stock markets dip, while US futures are set for a flattish […]

August 26, 2019

Stock-index futures moved early higher Monday, pointing to a partial rebound for Wall Street from Friday’s sharp losses, after President Donald Trump said China wants to return to the negotiating table, stoking hopes for a de-escalation of rhetoric after the […]

August 15, 2019

Fears of a domestic slowdown and the escalation of the U.S.-China trade war created plenty of headaches for shareholders this summer. But even after dramatic market swoons in May and August, investors still seem willing to pay top dollar for […]

August 13, 2019

The performance gap between small caps and large caps is widening to historic lows, a trend seen during times of economic stress and investor caution, possibly signaling something worse with the economy could be coming. The small-cap benchmark Russell 2000 […]

August 12, 2019

Goldman Sachs has a new battle plan for the trade war: Buy service-providing stocks and avoid goods-producing companies. The strategy involves buying companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Google and J.P. Morgan Chase because the U.S.-China trade war has hurt share […]

August 12, 2019

BEIJING — Global stocks gained Monday amid investor jitters the U.S.-China trade war might be worsening. Market benchmarks in Frankfurt and Paris rose in early trading while Shanghai and Hong Kong closed lower. London was unchanged and Tokyo was closed […]

August 7, 2019

President Donald Trump’s trade war has increasingly revolved around the role of global currencies. It’s a shift he’s ushered along by crying foul on alleged currency manipulation. And there have even been reports that he’s considered doing it with the […]

June 19, 2019

Apple Inc. has asked its largest suppliers to consider the feasibility of shifting 15% to 30% of its output from China to Southeast Asia in a dramatic shake-up of its production chain, the Nikkei reported. The U.S. tech giant asked […]

June 7, 2019

Tariffs are Washington’s weapon of choice in its trade war against Beijing. The U.S. has levied 25% fees on up to $250 billion worth of goods imported from China, forcing manufacturers to either swallow the additional costs or pass the […]

May 24, 2019

Oil prices slumped more than 5% on Thursday, leaving them poised to record their biggest weekly fall this year. The decline reflects a cocktail of factors including disappointing American manufacturing data, rising US shale production, softer demand from refineries, and […]

May 14, 2019

The legendary investor Warren Buffett may have a gift for recognizing risks and anticipating disasters, but he was off the money when he predicted there wouldn’t be a trade war between the US and China. “I don’t think either country […]

May 10, 2019

Stocks edged lower again on Wall Street, sending the S&P 500 down for its fifth consecutive day, as the Trump administration imposed fresh tariffs, escalating the trade war with China. The benchmark American stock market index fell, led by declines […]

May 6, 2019

Global markets plunged after President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to raise tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods and , escalating the US-China trade war. Trump threatened to dramatically ramp up the trade war with […]

March 21, 2019

Trade war tensions were exacerbated once again after President Donald Trump said that the US would leave more than $250 billion of tariffs with China in place for a “substantial period.” The president made the comments ahead of the resumption […]

March 14, 2019

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping won’t meet this month on a possible end to the trade war, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, saying any meeting will now likely happen in April “at the earliest.” Both sides had hoped […]

February 22, 2019

The trade war between Washington and Beijing has had a major impact on the US agricultural space over the past two years with the latest US department of agriculture (USDA) figures shining a light on the difficulties faced by farmers […]

February 11, 2019

Global stocks are rallying sharply Monday ahead of a busy week for markets in which investors are bracing for significant volatility. With trade talks between Washington and Beijing kicking off Monday, as well as China’s markets reopening after a week […]