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Hong Kong should be relatively insulated from the impact of Trump's reciprocal tariff, as the city neither imposes tariffs on U.S. imports, nor maintains a trade surplus with the U.S.,
said Tommy Xie, head of Asia macro research at OCBC Hong Kong as a regional trading hub and transshipment centre, will still be hurt by tariff-related disruptions,
Much will hinge on Trump's tone – whether he signals openness to negotiations or doubles down on more confrontation,
said Philip Wee, senior FX strategist at DBS Risk aversion will take hold if the U.S. tariffs are broad and aggressive, with a second wave of volatility expected should China and the EU respond swiftly with retaliatory measures,
Investors and company management dislike uncertainty, and the piecemeal, unreliable way in which tariff announcements are being delivered is creating plenty of it,
said Oliver Blackbourn and Adam Hetts at Janus Henderson Investments in a commentary This scenario - while hardly a positive for economics or earnings assumptions - would increase the conviction behind how we respond to the 'facts',
Estimates on what the average tariff rate will look like range from a few percentage points in moderate outcomes to double-digit levels in more forceful scenarios,
Either way, the impacts of today's announcement will be significant across a wide range of industries,
said Majerus, a partner at the King and Spalding law firm With challenging times ahead, Prime Minister Carney and President Sheinbaum emphasized the importance of safeguarding North American competitiveness while respecting the sovereignty of each nation,
Carney's office said in a statement ‘America First’ should not be American bullying, and it should not build its own interests on the basis of damaging the legitimate rights and interests of other countries,
he was quoted as telling RT, a state-owned Russian news group What is happening in the U.S. is still far from the Cultural Revolution. It’s maybe 1 or 2 percent,
Some say that the 2024 U.S. elections were not a transfer of power as much as a true regime change for the Europeans,
Wang said to the Spanish newspaper The United States is now operating largely in accordance with Beijing’s standards, with a new economic model characterized by protectionism, constraints on foreign investment, subsidies, and industrial policy — essentially nationalist state capitalism,
Froman wrote in Foreign Affairs It’s clear the U.S. is no longer a reliable partner,
Trump is waging economic and political war on U.S. allies and dependants,
observed Financial Times columnist Martin Wolf Europe has not started this confrontation,
The alliances of the U.S. we believe [are] an important source, probably one of the most important sources of the U.S. strength,
We are monitoring her case. It is important that the UK respect and protect freedom of expression,
the State Department's dedicated democracy, human rights and labour (DRL) account posted The UK government has to at least try,
Fundamentally he's got an impossible task because the people who work for the President clearly don't know what he's going to do on Wednesday either,
