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Chief economist update: A US dollar story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
... overnight, but it will happen. Trump could either go back on his words that he likes a strong dollar, or raise and expand tariffs on American-made goods and services some more. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. ...

Chief economist update: Talking trade tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
After the US-China "my tariffs are broader and bigger than yours" tit-for-tat, it's time for talks to bargain, hassle, negotiate and compromise. It's been nearly a month since America and China have exchanged tariff threats amounting to US$50 billion ...

Chief economist update: View from the National Farmers' Federation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... logistics and food and fibre manufacturing. Secondly, the reason exports to the EU are so low is the highly restrictive tariffs and quotas we face - as a result of poor negotiations when the UK joined the EU common market. Now is a good chance to address ...

Chief economist update: Malcolm puts agricuture in the middle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... position" but Australia is shovel-ready except for agriculture. "The agreement must address the very restrictive farm tariffs and quotas that our farmers currently face," Malcolm is expected to insist. Sure, the voting Australian agriculture businesses ...

Chief economist update: Let's talk about oil baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... speech at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference, the supremo talked about lowering (you read right, lowering) import tariffs, relaxing foreign investment regulations and strengthening intellectual property protection, among others. All I can say ...

Chief economist update: Japan's other war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... threat. While the US and China are in the midst of a game of poker - I'll see your US$50 billion "Made in China" proposed tariffs with a US$50 billion "reciprocal tariffs" on American made products - Japan is playing it cool. And get this, even though ...

Chief economist update: The euro's doing Trump's work in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... Case in point: the European Central Bank. Speaking before the Watchers XIX Conference on the 14 March - before Trump's tariffs took effect and before Trump granted a temporary exemption to EU, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea ...

Chief economist update: It's not just the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... further increase the US trade deficit, prompting the Trump administration to widen imports subjected to quotas and/or raise tariffs some more. This, in turn, will prompt retaliation from other countries and make the world, including the US poorer as ...

Chief economist update: Dot tales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... and they're seeing it as a risk to the outlook". More so given recent reports that Trump would announce an increase in tariffs on Chinese imports this week and that China is already considering slapping higher tariffs on US agricultural exports. Once ...

Tariff exemption a sigh of relief: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
Directly subjecting Australia to US President Donald Trump's proposed steel and aluminium tariffs would have been dire for the country's resources sector, according to more than half (63%) of respondents in Financial Standard 's weekly spot poll. Australia ...