trade war

(June 19): China vowed to retaliate against US companies after President Donald Trump threatened to place tariffs on another US$200 billion ($270.3 billion) in Chinese imports, deepening a trade dispute between the world’s two biggest economies.

(June 14): The Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday, a move that was widely expected but still marked a milestone in the U.S. central bank’s shift from policies used to battle the 2007-2009 financial crisis and recession.

(June 14): US President Donald Trump will meet with his top trade advisers on Thursday to decide whether to activate threatened tariffs on billions of dollars in Chinese goods, a senior Trump administration official said on Wednesday.

(June 13): The US has a surplus of US$20 billion ($26.7 billion) with China and US$1.4 trillion with the rest of the world.

SINGAPORE (June 3): Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen criticised both the US and China for taking “unilateral actions,” lumping the two rivals together as nations challenging the current global order.

(May 21): The Trump administration won’t impose tariffs on Chinese products for now, after the two nations made progress on trade issues during two days of talks, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.

SINGAPORE (May 3): Over 120 of some of Asia's wealthiest global family offices and family office executives attended the flagship Asian edition of UBS Family Office Summit on Thursday.

(Apr 12): The World Bank raised its growth forecast for East Asia and the Pacific for 2018, but warned that a possible US-China trade war could harm growth in countries that are part of the Chinese goods supply chain.

(Apr 12): Singapore is about to send a signal on trade wars. As one of the world’s most open economies, the city-state is caught in US-China crossfire. A central bank policy decision on Friday will hint at how much damage rate-setters expect tariffs to

SINGAPORE (Apr 11): March was a month riddled with bad news. As a result, the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) tumbled 2.6% during the month, even though it ended 0.7% up for 1Q18.