U.S. President Donald Trump’s directive on Friday to begin the process of eliminating special treatment for Hong Kong is likely to put China-U.S. tensions back in the headlines over the coming months, creating a new driver of volatility in global equity markets. The trade war, which began in earnest in the spring of 2018, had been a constant source of volatility for global markets, as a steady drip of headlines whiplashed investors. While tension between the world’s two largest economies started to re-emerge over the past month as the United States blamed China for the spread of the …read more
Source:: Yahoo Finance
