- US pres Trump: I’m not ready yet to make a deal with China.
- US pres Trump: Trade deal with china harder if there’s violence in HK.
President Trump has been reported that he is not ready to do a trade deal with China which is making for a negative start to the week.
Key comments:
Trade deal with china harder if there’s violence in HK.
Money is pouring into the US, Fed is not helping.
He does not expect a recession, says tax cuts gave consumers money to spend.
US pres Trump: I’m not ready yet to make a deal with China.
We are ‘open not to doing business’ with Huawei.
Huawei is a national security threat.
FX implications:
The usual suspects, such as the Yen and CHF will benefit from risk-off flows while the Aussie which nation relies on 30% of its GDP through doing business with China will suffer the consequences of a protracted trade war between the US and China.