Good MornING Asia - 12 September 2018

Asian markets may revert to risk on mode with investors probably reacting to China's latest play in the ongoing US-China trade dispute. By calling on the WTO to enforce a 2013 ruling, China hopes to put the US on the backfoot, showing that they would make good on their promise to retaliate against any stiff trade sanctions from the US

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ASEAN Morning Bytes 12 September 2018

General Market Tone: Risk Off. International theme: China throws a flag on the field, calls In the WTO. EM Space: Renewed concerns about the trade to…

Report

War and Peace: Making sense of Asian macro and markets

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Changes in the automobile sector in China – an effect of the trade war?

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Korean Unemployment rate rises to 4.2%

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