US-China trade war

SINGAPORE (Aug 16): Retired diplomat Bilahari Kausikan gave a wide-ranging talk on Indo-Pacific concept on Friday morning at the Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute. The veteran diplomat, known for his candid remarks including calling violent Hong Kong protestors

(Aug 16): Even the unseasonable downpour couldn’t dampen the spirits of the executives and officials gathered on the Indonesian island of Batam to cut the ribbon on a new Pegatron Corp factory. The men exchanged jokes as they took shelter under a white

SINGAPORE (Aug 19): Hong Kong International Airport was paralysed this past week as swarms of protesters in black shirts blocked the departure and arrival gates, causing numerous flights to be cancelled. “It was so packed, I had trouble getting out of t

SINGAPORE (Aug 19): China called planned US tariffs on an additional US$300 billion ($416.7 billion) in Chinese goods a violation of accords reached by Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, signalling that a US move earlier last week to delay some of th

  Technical outlook for the Shanghai market The Shanghai Index has recovered rapidly from the external shock delivered by Trump’s most recent Twitter broadside, but then succumbed to the broader market fear about bond yields that drove down the D

(Aug 15): In a world where many global trading houses have taken a hit from the US-China trade war, a giant food trader in Singapore says the spat has been a boon for them -- at least in grains.

(Aug 15): President Donald Trump made what seemed to be an overture to the Chinese leader Xi Jinping in a series of tweets on Wednesday night that linked the protests in Hong Kong to the continuing trade conflict between the US and China.

(Aug 14): President Donald Trump bowed to pressure from US businesses and concerns over the economic fallout of his trade war with China, delaying the imposition of new tariffs on a wide variety of consumer products including toys and laptops until Decemb

SINGAPORE (Aug 13): Singapore has further cut its GDP growth forecasts and trade growth projections for 2019, amid continued global economic uncertainty over escalating US-China trade tensions.

  Technical outlook for the Shanghai market The Shanghai Index gapped below the support level near 2,830. This was the lower edge of a broad trading band and represented the lower edge of the market oscillation around the 2,920 level. The upper edg