Implied volatility over G-7 currencies widens to 7-year high
China is heaving its might on the world
According to a survey by London-based investment bank Natixis, the ongoing trade war has replaced geopolitical risk as the biggest concern for global financial market investors
WTO's limitations are showing, both in dispute resolution and freeing of trade; the time may have come for a wholesale reform of the body, writes T N Ninan
China's exports to the United States rose 13.6 percent in the first half of 2018 from a year earlier, while its imports from the US rose 11.8 percent in the same period
Sparking fears of a ballooning trade war, Washington on Tuesday threatened to target an additional $200 billion in imports and China immediately vowed to retaliate
Capital expenditures will likely continue to decline and buybacks will increase even if tensions between the United States and its trading partners cool off
Zero in on US companies with the highest exposure to China and the picture worsens
Washington and Beijing now have about seven weeks to strike a deal or dig in for a trade war that could upend corporate supply chains and raise prices for consumers around the world
Liquidity in Asian high yield is so bad that, after a little haggling, a bond quoted at 94 cents on the dollar can be had for 91 cents
The Chinese Commerce Ministry said Tuesday that it would be forced to retaliate against what it called "totally unacceptable" US tariffs
The goal is to bring the total amount of Chinese imports up to 40 per cent of the total imported from the Asian power since the US products hit by Beijing's retaliation represent that share of exports
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index will likely fall another 10% from current levels by year-end, predicted Mobius
Shanghai markets were hardest hit overnight, with stocks there down almost 2 per cent and the yuan weakening towards last week's 11-month lows, down 0.4 per cent to 6.66 per dollar
China's imports from the US aren't large enough to match Trump's tariffs dollar for dollar, but the country has other levers it could use
Trump's initial tariffs on $34 billion of Made-in-China goods, which took effect on July 6, stayed clear of popular household products
Washington said it was starting the process to slap 10% tariffs on another $200 bn in Chinese export goods as soon as September
iPhone imports look like a big loss to the US, at least to the president, who argues that China has been taking out $500 billion a year out of US country and rebuilding China
The ability of tariff-hit companies to weather the conflict may partly depend on the amount of stock they managed to import before higher levies kicked in
The MSCI Emerging Markets Currency Index has dropped about 6% since the start of April