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The World’s Fragile Economic Condition – Part 1
The World’s Fragile Economic Condition – Part 1 Where is the world economy heading? In my opinion, a large portion of the story that we usually hear about how the world economy operates and the role energy plays is not really correct. In this post (to be continued in Part 2 in the near future), I […]
China Vows Not To Negotiate Under Threat, As Trump Teases “Major Broadside” Against Beijing
China Vows Not To Negotiate Under Threat, As Trump Teases “Major Broadside” Against Beijing Investors had managed to cling on to optimism that the ‘trade skirmish’ between the US and China would reach a swift conclusion – and that the US would ultimately be better off, as China would be forced to curtail practices like […]
Trump’s Hand-Picked Winners and Losers: China vs Canada, NAFTA Threats, and P&G
Trump’s Hand-Picked Winners and Losers: China vs Canada, NAFTA Threats, and P&G As a single country, China is the US’s largest trading partner but Canada is the largest export partner. As Trump struggles to get a NAFTA deal going on account of Canada, the above chart puts things into perspective. Canada is the US’s largest […]
A Path To War? China Cancels US Trade Talks As ‘Skirmish’ Escalates
A Path To War? China Cancels US Trade Talks As ‘Skirmish’ Escalates Following a surge in Chinese, European, and much of the US equity markets this week amid hopes that the so-called ‘trade skirmish’ was less ‘war-like’ than expected, China just dropped an early Saturday morning (local time) tape bomb that is sure to resurrect […]
Ex-PBOC Head Warns China’s Exporters Could Soon Ditch The US
Ex-PBOC Head Warns China’s Exporters Could Soon Ditch The US Former Chinese central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan suggested on Wednesday that the direct impact on China of the trade war with the US “appears limited,” though it could quickly prompt China’s top exporters to pivot away from US markets. Xiaochuan, who left the bank in […]
China Retaliates: Beijing To Levy $60BN In Tariffs On US Goods Effective Sept 24
China Retaliates: Beijing To Levy $60BN In Tariffs On US Goods Effective Sept 24 Just as Donald Trump was further threats aimed at Beijing after he launched another $200BN in tariffs targeting Chinese imports, and warning that “there will be great and fast economic retaliation against China if our farmers, ranchers and/or industrial workers are […]
Trump Slams China For Meddling In US Elections “By Attacking Farmers & Industrial Workers”
Trump Slams China For Meddling In US Elections “By Attacking Farmers & Industrial Workers” Having ordered the unleashing of the next round of tariffs (to hit next Monday) on China, President Trump has taken to Twitter to explain what he feels China is trying to do. His first shot across the bow claims that China […]
Meanwhile in China, Implosion of Stock-Market Double-Bubble
Meanwhile in China, Implosion of Stock-Market Double-Bubble Bubbles don’t end well for those who don’t get out in time. US tariffs and threats of more tariffs have not been particularly well received in China, which is already being rattled by corporate credit problems, quakes in the shadow banking system, a peculiar Enron-type phenomenon at provincial […]
Trump Unwisely Escalates Trade War: Expect a “Rare Earth” Response From China
Trump Unwisely Escalates Trade War: Expect a “Rare Earth” Response From China Trump’s imposed more tariffs on China. If China retaliates, Trump will respond with tariffs on all imports from China A threatened, Trump Hits China with Tariffs on $200 Billion in Goods, Escalating Trade War. President Trump, emboldened by America’s economic strength and China’s […]
Trump Slaps Tariffs On $200BN In China Imports; Will Add Another $267BN If China Retaliates
Trump Slaps Tariffs On $200BN In China Imports; Will Add Another $267BN If China Retaliates With traders waiting with bated breath for hours, moments ago the White House announced that it has imposed tariffs on approximately $200 billion worth of imports from China, effective September 24. The tariffs will start at 10% until the end […]
China May Skip Trade Talks, Cripple US Supply Chains After New Trump Tariffs
China May Skip Trade Talks, Cripple US Supply Chains After New Trump Tariffs When discussing yesterday’s WSJ report that the Trump admin may slap the new, $200BN round of tariffs on Chinese imports as soon as tomorrow, we said that such an escalation would likely derail talks with top Chinese officials, currently scheduled in Washington […]
Trump To Announce $200 Billion In New China Tariffs As Soon As Monday
Trump To Announce $200 Billion In New China Tariffs As Soon As Monday In the latest installment of the story that just won’t go away, the WSJ reported on Saturday that – as Bloomberg reported first yesterday – the Trump administration plans to announce new tariffs on up to $200 billion in Chinese goods as […]
Robert Shiller: Look For One Final Surge In Stocks Before The Crash
Robert Shiller: Look For One Final Surge In Stocks Before The Crash It seems like only yesterday that Robert Shiller, a Nobel-Prize winning economist (and esteemed member of the Yale School of Management’s faculty), was telling anybody who would listen that the US equity market was headed for a vertigo-inducing correction. But with stocks once […]
Tepper: Trump’s China Tariffs Could Trigger A 20% Pullback In US Stocks
Tepper: Trump’s China Tariffs Could Trigger A 20% Pullback In US Stocks David Tepper was probably riding high after his Carolina Panthers bested the Dallas Cowboys in Sunday’s NFL season opener until Thursday afternoon, when he was forced to reckon with the fact that he’s been underweight US equities since he predicted back in April […]
China Halts Licenses For US Companies Amid Tariff Battle
China Halts Licenses For US Companies Amid Tariff Battle As the tariff battle between Washington and Beijing worsens, China has halted license applications from American companies in financial services and other industries until progress is made towards settling the trade dispute, reports AP, citing an official belonging to a business group. The disclosure marks the first public […]
