News / Why we may escape US-China trade war, but not turmoil in global trade

Cagro ship Storm © Lasse Behnke

© Lasse Behnke

By Alexander Whiteman

22/05/2018

Tensions between China and the US aren’t the only storm clouds in global trade. The South China Morning Post has this great piece of analysis pointing to other potential flashpoints. Economic uncertainty, rising oil prices, rising interest rates, and slowdowns in both Europe and Japan have all been cited as conditions for the perfect storm.

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