Trump's trade war with China and Europe will hit global growth – IMF
UK’s outlook for 2019 stays at 1.5% but previous forecast for 1.3% this year cut to 1.1%
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![Last month, the US president slapped extra duties on $200bn of Chinese goods and China retaliated with extra duties on $60bn of US goods.]()
World stocks hit six-month high as NAFTA deal eases trade war fears
World stocks rose to a six-month high on Tuesday, lifted by investor optimism that a U.S.-Mexico deal to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement will go some way to averting a global trade war.
![World stocks rose to a six-month high on Tuesday, lifted by investor optimism that a U.S.-Mexico]()
Trade-war concerns cloud New York City investment conference
A prolonged U.S. trade war with China and Europe would dent global economic growth and force investors to reassess the profitability of U.S. companies, some of the biggest hedge funds and private equity investors in the United States warned at an investment conference on Wednesday.
![U.S. President Donald Trump is largely perceived on Wall Street as a pro-business leader but his hard-line stance on trade could jeopardize economic gains created by his tax cuts, investors said.]()
Trade war heats up
China blames U.S. for 'largest-scale trade war'
![EU says U.S.-China tariff hikes damaging, trade wars 'not easy to win']()
World stocks bounce on report of U.S.-China trade talks
World stocks came off six-week lows and U.S. stock futures jumped on Monday on optimism that the United States and China are set to begin negotiations on trade, easing fears about a trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
![Market watchers got a breather when Wall Street Journal reported the United States and China have quietly started negotiating to improve U.S. access to Chinese markets.]()
Asia fears trade war after Trump plans hefty steel
Fears of an escalating trade war roiled Asian markets, hitting the share prices of steelmakers and manufacturers supplying U.S. markets particularly hard.
![Trump impondrá aranceles de 25 % al acero y 10 % al aluminio]()
