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Hong Kong financial hub status at risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has issued a stern warning to Beijing, threatening the status of Hong Kong as one of the world's biggest financial hubs. In response to the Hong Kong protests, Pompeo said Hong Kong is no long autonomous from mainland ...

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... legislation would be met with strong US condemnation." This puts into question the "phase one" trade deal between Washington and Beijing. This time, China appears to be in a better bargaining position due to its early success at containing coronavirus ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs China more than it needs us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... been weeks since Australia called for an inquiry into COVID-19, offending China and sending it into retaliation mode - Beijing banned beef imports from Australia's four biggest "killing fields" on May 12, slapping an 80% tariff on barley imports ...

Chief economist update: Border brawl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Forget Australia's simmering political and trade tension with China, there's one building right inside our very borders. Canberra's worried that Beijing's ban on beef imports, increased tariff on barley could extend to boycott of Australia's ...

Chief economist update: China's beef with Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... its talk. This has prompted fears among Australian dairy producers that they could be next in line to take the hit from Beijing. This would surely put a dent in Australia's agricultural exports which makes up 3% of GDP and brings in around 13% of ...

Chief economist update: Easing does it (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... wrong went wrong. Here are the headlines: Northeast China hit by coronavirus infections, Wuhan reports new case (Reuters) "BEIJING (Reuters) -- Chinese authorities reported on Sunday what could be the beginning of a new wave of coronavirus cases in northeast ...

Chief economist update: China leads the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... stoppages and closures implemented in the country. But just as my uncle and his dog blame China for everything corona, Beijing also provides a glimpse of how this coronavirus game of chicken will eventually play out. At the height of the viral scare ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street sneezes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... claim that the deleterious impact of the coronavirus on the globe is worse than at the height of the tariff wars between Beijing and Washington and Fed rate hikes, others would disagree. I think the impact would depend on how long and how far and wide ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the trade deal and the AUD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... the 15th of January 2020 went into effect a day after heart's day. February 15 marked the day when Washington and Beijing put concrete action into the promised and hoped for de-escalation of trade tensions. On this day, America cut tariffs on US$120 ...

Coronavirus to infect Q2: Capital Group

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... believe that government debt is probably near 100% of GDP, rather than the reported 40%, so that constrains the ability of Beijing to stimulate the economy," he said.