Is it time to worry about a trade war?

While we still think that negotiations will win out over all-out trade war, the risks of a damaging trade conflict breaking out between the US and China have risen. If the latest US-proposed tariffs on an additional $100bn worth of Chinese exports were implemented in full, and China retaliated in kind, this could be enough to have wider negative consequences for the global economy.

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