Tag: US-China

October 11, 2019

Global stocks rose sharply Friday on optimism about U.S.-Chinese talks on ending a tariff war, while oil prices gained as much as 2% after a rocket attack on an Iranian tanker. Benchmarks in Frankfurt, Paris, London, Shanghai and Tokyo all […]

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 […]

July 26, 2019

Global stock markets mostly rose Friday as investors looked ahead to more talks on the China-U.S. trade dispute as well as for signs of what’s in store from central banks. France’s CAC 40 added 0.5% to 5,605 and Germany’s DAX […]

July 1, 2019

Stocks surged on Monday after President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping struck a truce in the US-China trade war, sending a wave of relief through global markets. “Trump and Xi gave investors what they wanted at the G-20 […]

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 […]

April 15, 2019

World stocks mostly edged up on Monday after the U.S. and China said they were closing in on a trade deal, without giving a timeline, and amid optimism over corporate earnings. Britain’s FTSE 100 was flat at 7,433 while the […]

July 9, 2018

Global shares were mostly higher Monday after a weekend of relative quiet in the escalating trade standoff between the U.S. and China. Investors appear optimistic about the outlook for the global economy despite punitive tariffs imposed by Washington and Beijing […]

July 2, 2018

Global markets fell Monday as weaker-than-expected Asian economic surveys ratcheted up worries over the potential impact of higher tariffs due to be imposed by China and the U.S. in a festering trade dispute. Over in Europe, a prolonged German government […]