The messaging has been all to assuaging with White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow and the President himself saying things are going very well. Both equities and commodities are now expecting some interim deal to keep the party going. Now to put a governor on all is the President’s external advisor on China matters, Michael Pillsbury, who says Mr. Trump is ready to escalate the trade war if a deal is not agreed to soon. Really? The 2020 election seems to loom larger than Beijing’s concerns of the economy and Hong Kong. Ether way, Robert Manning at the Atlantic Council is correct in that Washington erroneously wants to change everything about China all at once. Its trade and economic practices, technology goals, geopol...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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