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SINGAPORE (Aug 26): Haven assets reigned as traders returned to their desks Monday after an action-packed weekend that saw tensions between the US and China ratchet up again.

(Aug 23): The new tariffs that President Donald Trump has threatened on US$300 billion ($416 billion) of Chinese goods would drag China’s annual economic growth below 6%, according to a Bloomberg survey, which would be the slowest expansion since 1990.

  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

(June 26): The US is willing to suspend the next round of tariffs on an additional US$300 billion ($406 billion) of Chinese imports while Beijing and Washington prepare to resume trade negotiations, people familiar with the plans said.

(June 11): President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs on China again if President Xi Jinping doesn’t meet with him at the upcoming Group of 20 summit in Japan.

SINGAPORE (June 10): It’s time for investors to start thinking seriously about the impact of US President Donald Trump’s executive orders on investments on both US companies and Chinese companies that are listed in the US. This is swiftly moving from

WASHINGTON (June 7): President Donald Trump said he’ll decide whether to enact tariffs on another $325 billion ($443.4 million) in Chinese imports after the Group of 20 summit at the end of the month in Japan, where he’s expected to meet with China’

SINGAPORE (Jun 3): During the 19th century, China was a punching bag for Western powers. It is remembered by many Chinese as the “Century of Humiliation”, and there is a determination not to allow a repeat of this situation. This means China is not go

NEW YORK (May 21): Nike Inc., Adidas AG and other footwear giants urged President Donald Trump to reconsider his tariffs on shoes made in China, saying the policy would be “catastrophic for our consumers, our companies and the American economy as a whol

(May 20): US President Donald Trump raised tariffs on US$200 billion ($273.9 billion) worth of Chinese goods earlier this month and threatened to slap duties on all its exports to the US. About 1% of global economic activity is at stake in goods and servi