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Trump threatens Vietnam, Singapore forecast cut

Vietnam has emerged as the biggest winner of the US-China trade war, but the country would be hit hard if Trump followed through on his threat to impose tariffs on imports from Vietnam. Meanwhile, the latest activity data for Singapore make for grim reading. We are cutting our GDP growth forecast for Singapore for this year from 1.5% to just 1.0%.

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