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Four Flashpoints of Volatility
Four Flashpoints of Volatility 1 – Trade Wars Flashpoints, From China to Canada and Mexico Wall Street has knee-jerk reactions to any trade war related headlines. There are legitimate reasons to be concerned about trade wars. The world is increasingly more connected than ever. Many major American companies that are household names such as Starbucks […]
Why Trade Wars Will Unleash Central Banks
Why Trade Wars Will Unleash Central Banks There’s been an abundance of coverage surrounding the recent steel and aluminum tariffs. Those measures could hurt more sectors than they help within the U.S. In particular, it could damage businesses that require metals because they’ll have to pay more for raw materials. Trade wars also escalate geopolitical […]
The Coup is Complete – Trump is Done
The Coup is Complete – Trump is Done If there is one thing the last 48 hours have proved to me, it’s this. Donald Trump is no longer acting President. The coup against Trump has been completed. I’m going to keep this simple. Follow the dots and try to keep up. The Deep State’s lies are […]
China Eyes Yuan Devaluation in Trade Dispute
China Eyes Yuan Devaluation in Trade Dispute Finally, we have a story that makes retaliatory sense vs. the widely believed “nuclear” treasury dumping theory. The widely-circulated “nuclear” theory suggests China would dump US treasuries in a trade war with the US. That theory never made any sense. Such a move would tend to strengthen the […]
Trade Wars Lead to Shooting Wars and Depressions
Trade Wars Lead to Shooting Wars and Depressions Trade wars were a principal factor in causing the Great Depression of the 1930s and World War II. The current President of the U.S. has imposed tariffs on imported steel and aluminum effective March 23, 2018 and proposes tariffs on products imported from China. He has also proposed […]
“We Understand The Chinese Government Has Halted Purchases Of US Treasuries”: SGH
“We Understand The Chinese Government Has Halted Purchases Of US Treasuries”: SGH On Friday, we reported that among the five “nuclear” options available to Beijing to retaliate against Trump’s latest $100BN in import tariffs, was the choice whether or not to sell US Treasuries. But what if Beijing did not want to unleash a full-blown […]
Were Trade Wars Inevitable?
Were Trade Wars Inevitable? Trade in which mobile capital is the comparative advantage is a system of Neocolonial exploitation of developing-world nations. Were trade wars inevitable? The answer is yes, due to the imbalances and distortions generated by financialization and central bank stimulus. Gordon Long and I peel the trade-war onion in a new video […]
Trump’s Dangerous Game of Chicken
Trump’s Dangerous Game of Chicken As the “tit-for-tat” trade fight between the US and China escalates, Donald Trump is likely to find that he doesn’t “know China” the way he once thought. When he said that during the presidential campaign, he based his understanding of China on one thing: the high rent in Trump Tower […]
Here Are China’s Five Options For “Nuclear” Trade War
Here Are China’s Five Options For “Nuclear” Trade War After Trump ordered the USTR to consider an additional $100BN in tariffs, something we said on Wednesday would happen if the market was dumb enough to allow Trump to think he had a trade war victory by closing green… S&P 500 EXTENDS GAIN ABOVE FRIDAY’S CLOSE, […]
Central Banks Have Killed Free Trade
Central Banks Have Killed Free Trade Defenders and critics of “free trade” and globalization tend to present the issue as either/or: It’s inherently good or bad. In the real world, it’s not that simple. The confusion starts with defining free trade (and by extension, globalization). In the classical definition of free trade espoused by 18th […]
Hidden No More, The Currency Wars Take Center Stage
Hidden No More, The Currency Wars Take Center Stage The market stands on a sinkhole, waiting for the next feather to drop. A feather that will bring down the system and send us into another economic crisis that will make the 2008 crash look like an opening act. For years, I and many others within […]
China Unveils How It Will Retaliate To US Tariffs, USDJPY Snaps
China Unveils How It Will Retaliate To US Tariffs, USDJPY Snaps While it will hardly come as a surprise considering that trade wars always evolve in an escalating tit-for-tat manner, the WSJ reports that just hours ahead of Trump’s announcement of as much as $60 billion in tariffs targeting Beijing, China is preparing to hit […]
The Illusion of Free Trade
The Illusion of Free Trade The current trading system was never free; Trump’s tariffs merely change who gets what Container ships are docked in the Port of Oakland in this file photo. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Anything President Donald Trump does usually provokes a backlash from the status quo. In early March, the focus is on […]
Albert Edwards: “Trump Will Soon Turn His Protectionist Fire On Germany. That Will Be Messy”
Albert Edwards: “Trump Will Soon Turn His Protectionist Fire On Germany. That Will Be Messy” We were wondering how long before one of our favorite “perma-skeptics”, Socgen’s Albert Edwards, would chime in on the global trade war that broke out in the past few weeks, especially since trade protectionism, tariffs and subsidies are the opposite […]
