US-China trade war

SINGAPORE (Dec 23): China isn’t cutting back on consumption of the most-polluting fossil fuel just yet, but it is set to reduce imports.

(Dec 22): President Donald Trump on Saturday said the United States and China would “very shortly” sign their so-called Phase One trade pact.

SINGAPORE (Dec 19): Singapore’s economy is set to pick up gradually from the sharp downturn it faced this year, in spite of the inherent weakness in the global economy, say economists at the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO). 

(Dec 13): President Donald Trump signed off on a phase-one trade deal with China, averting the Dec. 15 introduction of a new wave of U.S. tariffs on about US$160 billion ($216.3 billion) of consumer goods from the Asian nation, according to people familia

(Dec 13): In the sidelines of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership conference in Bangkok, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the US-led Blue Dot Network. He was flanked by enthusiastic supporters, Japan and Australia, who are officiall

(Dec 12): The US Federal Reserve has voted to keep interest rates unchanged in its final policy meeting for the year.

(Dec 10): Dymon Asia Capital (Singapore) is positioned so that almost one-third of its macro hedge fund’s portfolio would benefit from black-swan market events and dislocations, Chief Investment Officer Danny Yong said.

SINGAPORE (Dec 9): Last week was not a good one for world trade and it is only going to get worse.