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Chief economist update: US recession in the offing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... Mexico on Thursday (May 30) that practically made a mockery of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) - the one that replaced NAFTA only seven months before (1 October 2018). Partial details inform the tariff rate on all US imports from Mexico would ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... country central banks to go ahead and normalise theirs and then... boom. Tariffs, trade war, reversal on Iran deal, death of NAFTA (now known as USMCA - United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement), his ditching of APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) ...

Retail investors see limited upside in 2019

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... trade wars and increasing interest rates," Sagun added. "Resolution, which we're seeing nascent stages of with a revised NAFTA and a truce between the US and China, would be the greatest catalyst for equity markets in 2019," he said.

NAFTA's dead, welcome USMCA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... you're going to be so sick and tired of winning." US President Donald Trump can add the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in his tally of 'wins' after the United States and Canada struck a last minute trade deal (already signed ...

Chief economist update: Trump's beggar thy neighbour policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... Sino-American tit-for-tat is the public face of the trade war but there's also battles being waged against Canada and Mexico (NAFTA) and more recently, Trump has been reported to be setting his crosshairs on Japan (then back to Europe?). America's ...

Chief economist update: Friday when the trade war began

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... tariff on imported US cars." This would further bolster Trump's bargaining position when he re-negotiates trade with its NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico. By firing at the second biggest economy in the world, the rest will have to take notice... ...

Chief economist update: Wisdom of the crowd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
... strengthening and income growth is also picking up". But back to the point. Optimism over the US-China trade deal and that of NAFTA and the Trump-Kim meeting sent equity markets up in the week ended 11 May 2018 - S&P 500 up 2.4%; Shanghai composite up ...

Chief economist update: Caught in the crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... temporarily) from his protectionist crusade? Yet, apart from Canada and Mexico's share market indices (they still have issues with NAFTA) - down 5.2% and 6.5%, respectively, in the first three months of 2018 - the All Ordinaries index has fallen by 4.8% ...

Chief economist update: The art of the deal exemplified

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
... partly on progress in negotiations to modernise the North American Free Trade Agreement, the official said. He added that NAFTA was an important part of the US-Canada-Mexico security relationship." Yes again Virginia, King Donald will be getting what ...

Chief economist update: The risks just got real

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... purpose, here's the statement on trade: "Inward-looking policies. Important long-standing commercial agreements, such as NAFTA and the economic arrangements between the UK and rest of the European Union, are under renegotiation. An increase in trade ...
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