Page 12 - Trade War

Trade war: No high-ranking officials to attend Shanghai expo, says US

The fair aims to advertise China's importance as a market for foreign goods and recent moves to encourage trade and investment

Southeast Asia has an investment boom, thanks to the US-China trade war

Southeast Asia is finding there's some upside to the trade war, as it becomes an alternative base for firms relocating production away from China to avoid levies

EU asks WTO to probe Trump's tariffs; US seeks review of retaliatory duties

The showdown at WTO that could either lead to a US exit or a flood of new protectionist measures invoking what has until now been a rarely used national security loophole in global trade rules

$1 yoga pants: The latest casualty in Trump's trade war with China

'Chinese sellers on EBay and other platforms may disappear, or at the very least they will not find it so easy to sell to Americans anymore'

Tariffs on Chinese imports did not affect US economy, says Donald Trump

The US has helped rebuilt China, Trump said

A third of Japanese firms hit by escalating US-China trade war: Poll

The fear is, however, that the fallout will become much worse

Bali talks: Global finance chiefs push for trade war solution

Policy makers also warned on the impact of rising interest rates and market volatility

China says in 'communication' with US amid report of Trump-Xi meet

The reported meeting would take place during the G-20 summit in Argentina in late November

G20 fails to mend trade rift, chair urges members to resolve disputes

The United States and China have slapped tit-for-tat tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of each other's goods over the past few months

IMF warns trade friction to hurt Asian growth, suggests counter measures

'Today's growth headwinds, from financial market tightening to trade tensions, could persist for some time'

Game of Thrones battle engulfing world, warns Widodo at IMF meet

It will be an empty prize, to become the most successful economy in a drowning world, said Indonesian President Joko Widodo

US, China jockey for global support as trade war shows no sign of abating

The US last month slapped tariffs on a further $200 billion in Chinese goods, prompting Beijing to retaliate on $60 billion in American products

Trade war could hit growth, hurt 'innocent bystanders', warns IMF's Lagarde

Lagarde urged countries to 'de-escalate' trade frictions and fix global trading rules, rather than abandon them

Further rise in trade tensions could cause global financial crisis: IMF

Trade tensions have emerged, and a further escalation may damage market sentiment and significantly harm global growth, IMF said

US, China to hold key talks on Monday to reduce trade, military tensions

Besides slapping additional tariffs on Chinese exports, US has also imposed sanctions on a Chinese military unit for securing Russian weapon systems like S-400 missiles and Su-35 fighters

US tech exports to China may face more restrictions over Muslim crackdown

Any sanctions decision would be a rare move on human rights grounds by President Donald Trump's administration

Further escalation in trade war may deliver shock to emerging nations: IMF

However, the IMF Managing Director emphasised that global economic growth remains at its highest level since 2011

India wants to have trade deal with US to avoid tariffs: Donald Trump

Trump often accuses India of imposing 100% tariffs on American products

Amid US-China trade war, Trump inks his first trade deal with South Korea

Trump described it as a 'very big deal' for the US and South Korea

China says it won't hold trade talks unless Donald Trump stops threats

Efforts at diplomacy have failed, with no breakthroughs since high-level talks began in May