Page 17 - Trade War
Trade war: WTO's dispute settlement body is slowly being rendered obsolete
Undermining of the World Trade Organization's dispute settlement body does not bode well in view of the trade war
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US's trade, IP war with China will hurt both countries: Vice Premier Liu He
China unveiled tariffs on $3 billion of US imports in response to steel and aluminum duties ordered by Trump earlier this month
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US-China tit-for-tat tariffs would lift inflation, depress output
Yet even with all that, the betting is that both economies are strong enough to take the hit and keep on growing soundly
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When nations decline, rule-makers turn rule-breakers, threaten world order
T N Ninan asks which country is the greater threat to the world system: China or the US?
US protectionism: There are no winners in Donald Trump's trade war
During decades of protectionism via placement of very high customs duties on all sorts of goods, India's domestic industries all turned into monopolies producing shoddy, over-priced goods
Trade war is a lose-lose situation, can push entire world into recession
India's domestic economy could also suffer some ill-effects without necessarily triggering retaliation via higher tariff barriers against Indian goods
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Trade war fear spooks markets: Sensex falls 300 points; metal stocks melt
Benchmark indices slump most in nearly a month; Metal stocks melt
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Nobody will win in a 'trade war' with US, warns China
US officials bluntly accused China on Saturday of 'stealing our intellectual property'
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