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Dow futures slump more than 350 points as fears of a US-China trade war ratchet up

Posted by JamesTeaKirk
Tags: usa, stock market, stocks, investing, dow, dow jones, china, futures, trade, trade wars, author.mark decambre, source.marketwatch
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/dow-futures-slump-more-than-300-points-as-fears-of-a-us-china-trade-war-ratchet-up-2018-06-19

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Title
Dow closes lower for a 6th straight session as tariff tantrum drags stock market lower
Authors
Mark DeCambre, Ryan Vlastelica
Published
Jun 19 2018
Word count
791 words

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    acr
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    So is this actually a trade war at this point or did they just call it a trade war and people ran with it, so now we are just calling it a trade war? Or is it a legitimate trade war by definition?

    So is this actually a trade war at this point or did they just call it a trade war and people ran with it, so now we are just calling it a trade war? Or is it a legitimate trade war by definition?

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      JamesTeaKirk
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      As far as I understand, we're a couple of major decisions off of a full-blown trade war. I believe for it to really be considered a trade war, there would have to be some clear intention to harm...

      As far as I understand, we're a couple of major decisions off of a full-blown trade war. I believe for it to really be considered a trade war, there would have to be some clear intention to harm the other country's economy. The warnings that the Trump administration has given recently, seem to indicate that they consider us a step or two away from starting the trade war ourselves.

      Here's an article looking at it from the markets perspective

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      1. acr
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        Thanks. Edit - Haha "Has a tit-for-tat tariff spat.."

        Thanks.

        Edit - Haha "Has a tit-for-tat tariff spat.."