October 2018: why is the Chinese stock market taking the full brunt of the trade war?

US stocks are up despite the negative newsflow around trade tensions, and yet Chinese equities have suffered. Cazenove Capital’s Global Economist Janet Mui explains why

14/10/2018

Authors

Janet Mui
Global Economist, Cazenove Capital

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Source: Bloomberg, Datastream, Shanghai Composite Index is in local currency. 

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Authors

Janet Mui
Global Economist, Cazenove Capital

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