trade war
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Oil Posts Biggest Yearly Rise Since 2016
EghtesadOnline: Oil prices fell 1% on Tuesday, the last trading day of the decade, but notched the biggest annual gain in three years, supported by a thaw in the prolonged US-China trade war…
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US-China Trade Conflict’s Likely Aftermath for Iran
EghtesadOnline: Will the US-China trade war grow to affect Iran’s economy? Experts present two diverse perspectives on this escalating tension and its impact on Iran’s economy. One group believes…
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IMF: Trade War Threatens China’s Growth
EghtesadOnline: The International Monetary Fund is urging the world’s two largest economies to resolve the escalating trade war quickly and fairly.
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Japan Gov’t Sticks to 'Moderate' Economic View
EghtesadOnline: Japan’s government left its assessment of the economy unchanged in June, after revising it down twice in the past three months, even as the escalating US-China trade war threatens…
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U.S.-China trade hopes lift world stocks, oil soars
EghtesadOnline: World stocks extended their gains to hit a near-four week high and oil prices rose on Wednesday on optimism that the United States and China may be inching toward a trade deal,…
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U.S.-China trade talks conclude as hopes of a deal build
EghtesadOnline: Chinese and U.S. teams ended trade talks in Beijing on Wednesday that lasted longer than expected and officials said details will be released soon, raising hopes an all-out trade…
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Iran: Equity Market Sinks as Selloff Continues
EghtesadOnline: After ending the past week 3.5% lower, the Tehran Stock Exchange continued to reel under selling pressure on Saturday. Falling global stocks, US-China trade war, declining oil…
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Iran Stocks Bow to Systematic Risks
EghtesadOnline: Systematic risks have caught up with the Iranian stock markets. Concerns regarding base metal prices, based on a stronger dollar and an escalating trade war between the US and…
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China says U.S.-led trade war has become biggest 'confidence killer' for world economy
EghtesadOnline: The U.S.-driven trade war has become the biggest “confidence killer” for the global economy, China’s foreign ministry warned on Wednesday, saying the whole world would fight back…
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US-China Trade War Worries Push Down Stocks in Iran
EghtesadOnline: Comatose for most of the week, Tehran stocks took a hit on Wednesday as the prospect of a full-scale global trade war drove panicked investors into a selloff.
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Stocks, metals hit by new U.S. trade war salvo
EghtesadOnline: Stocks fell and metals prices slumped to their lowest in a year on Wednesday, as U.S. threats of tariffs on an additional $200 billion worth of Chinese goods pushed the world’s…
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Tesla moves first to hike prices in China as trade war hits car makers
EghtesadOnline: U.S. carmaker Tesla Inc has hiked prices on its Model X and S cars by about 20 percent in China, becoming the first automaker to raise prices in the world’s largest automotive…
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Asia shares ease as trade war fears return, pound bewildered by politics
EghtesadOnline: Asian shares reversed early gains on Tuesday as anxieties about the Sino-U.S. trade war recast their long shadow over investor sentiment, while several high-profile resignations…
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Trade war worries drag world stocks lower, yuan steadies
EghtesadOnline: World stocks were dragged lower on Wednesday by growing anxiety ahead of Washington’s end of week deadline to impose tariffs on Chinese imports, while the yuan rebounded after…
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Trade war worries slam China and emerging markets
EghtesadOnline: Chinese stocks fell almost 4 percent and alarm bells rang across global markets on Tuesday, as the trade dispute between the United States and China escalated further.
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Middle East Emerges as Possible Energy Winner in U.S.-China Spat
EghtesadOnline: The Middle East is emerging as a potential beneficiary of the brewing trade war between the U.S. and China as the Asian nation strikes back with retaliatory tariffs on American…
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Europe to Trump: If You Want a Trade War, You'll Get One
EghtesadOnline: The European Union gave President Donald Trump a fresh warning about any U.S. curbs on imports from Europe by pledging swift retaliation, highlighting the persistent risk of a…
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Trump Team at Davos Backs Weaker Dollar, Sharpens Trade War Talk
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump’s top economic advisers set the stage for the rollout of his "America First" manifesto on the world stage.
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Trump signs Russia sanctions bill, Moscow calls it 'trade war'
EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump grudgingly signed into law new sanctions against Russia on Wednesday, a move Moscow said amounted to a full-scale trade war and an end to hopes for…
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China-U.S. trade war would only cause pain: commerce minister
EghtesadOnline: A trade war between China and the United States would only cause pain, China's commerce minister said on Saturday, as analysts say the specter of deteriorating U.S.-China ties…
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These Countries Could Be Trump's Next Trade War Targets
EghtesadOnline: India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam have largely escaped U.S. President Donald Trump’s glare on trade, but he may yet come looking. The U.S. runs trade deficits with all of…
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Trade war between China and the U.S. is a lose-lose - state media
EghtesadOnline: A trade war between China and the United States would harm both countries, the overseas edition of the state run People's Daily said on Wednesday, reflecting concerns over the…
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These Companies Are at Risk in a U.S.-China Trade War
EghtesadOnline: With the arrival of China-bashing Donald Trump as president in the White House, analysts are drawing up shortlists of winners and losers from any eruption of tensions between…
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Germany says U.S. under Trump must abide by trade deals
EghtesadOnline: The United States must stick to international agreements under the presidency of Donald Trump, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Friday, adding that he did not…
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China’s Xi Takes on Trump in Rebuttal Against Protectionism
EghtesadOnline: Chinese President Xi Jinping urged global business and political elites to reject trade wars and protectionism, in his first public rebuttal of the policies advocated by incoming…
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China Ready to Step Up Scrutiny of U.S. Firms If Trump Starts Feud: Sources
EghtesadOnline: China is prepared to retaliate should President-elect Donald Trump take punitive measures against Chinese goods and trigger a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies,…
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Wall St. thinks stocks will rise in 2017 - What could go wrong?
EghtesadOnline: Wall Street's rally could be derailed by renewed worries about President-elect Donald Trump's policies, a resurgent dollar or potential wild-card events like cyber attacks or…
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Will Ivanka Trump's China-Made Clothing Line Survive Her Dad's Trade War?
EghtesadOnline: If President-elect Donald Trump needs an object lesson on the difficulty of reviving broad sectors of U.S. manufacturing, he need look only as far as his daughter’s closet.