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Recession may begin in 9 months if trade war gets any worse: Morgan Stanley

A recession could begin in as soon as nine months if President Donald Trump pushes to impose 25% tariffs on an additional $300 billion of Chinese exports and China retaliates, warns Morgan Stanley

Explained: Why Asia doesn't want US to kneecap China in Trump's trade war

Fears are growing throughout Asia that a clash of superpowers will end up hurting smaller nations, many of which rely on exports to fuel the economic growth that provides jobs for millions of people

US-China trade war: New tariffs would be 'catastrophic', say Adidas, PUMA

In the escalating trade war with Beijing, Trump this month increased existing tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports to 25 per cent

Trade growth slowdown likely to worsen amid tariff war, says WTO

The WTO brings out its quarterly forecast of global trade growth through the World Trade Outlook Indicator index

Talks still on, decision on imposing tariffs on imported autos later: Trump

Imposing tariffs may affect non-US car makers especially from Japan, EU as well as Mexico and Canada.

Is Trump's trade war with China saving American jobs - or killing them?

At first glance, the jobs data does look good for Trump's argument

Trade war can't bring China down; it'll make us stronger: Chinese media

Tensions worsened this week after the Trump administration officially added China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd to a trade blacklist

No civilisation is superior, nations cannot isolate themselves: Xi to Trump

Civilisations will lose vitality if countries go back to isolation and cut themselves off from the rest of the world, Xi said

Why Vietnam has avoided Trump ire despite sharing China's characteristics

Is Vietnam's scale too small to draw comparisons with China? Quite possibly

Trade war: Before taking on China, here're some lessons US needs to learn

As in the Canadian example, only about a fifth of Chinese exports go to the US, equivalent to about 3.5 per cent of its gross domestic product

China-US trade war heats up: 3 reasons why it won't cool down anytime soon

For now the trade war that Trump began in January 2018 is back on, which will mean more economic pain for companies and consumers in both the US and China

US set to hit China with new tariffs even as Trump says he'll meet Xi

If Trump proceeds with the tariffs, it would see almost all imports from China covered by punitive import duties

US threatening existence of WTO, harming its 'reform proposal': China

China did not name US, but referred to the block on appointment of WTO appeals judges and "national security" tariffs on aluminum, steel and cars, policies uniquely associated with Washington

US-China trade war escalates: What are the implications for the world ?

Trump had not minced any words on the volume of imports that would now be taxed at 25 per cent instead of 10 per cent

US-China trade war: Trust erosion makes prospect of any term deal remote

Both the US and China have worked hard since the end of discussions on Friday to project calm

China, US to hold more trade talks as Trump ratchets up tariff threat

The US escalated a tariff war with China by hiking levies on $200 bn worth of Chinese goods in the midst of last-ditch talks to rescue a trade deal

China names its trade-deal price as Donald Trump sets month deadline

Trump threatens to impose tariffs on all Chinese imports

Day 1 of US-China trade talks ends, Trump's tariff hike effective today

Tension between Washington and Beijing has risen after a major setback in negotiations last week when China revised a draft deal and weakened commitments to meet US demands for trade reform

Yes, the world wants to take on China, but this is where Trump went wrong

Across the world, similar resentments have built up against Beijing's trade practices

US plans to raise tariffs, accuses China of backpedaling on commitments

We felt we were on track to get somewhere. Over the course of last week we have seen an erosion of commitments by China: US Trade Representative