Kandy Wong

Hong Kong, London, New York

Journalist at South China Morning Post

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Trump’s tariff war is ‘hurting all US assets’, investor warns

4 days ago | thestar.com.my | Kandy Wong

US President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff policies risk harming “all US assets” and accelerating a long-term shift away from the dollar, an investment veteran has warned. The comments by Mark Dowding, chief investment officer of fixed income at RBC Bluebay Asset Management, come after a week of panic-selling on US financial markets that drove up yields on US Treasury bills. “It ends up hurting all US assets and ...
As tariffs cut US-China supply chains, how are firms picking up the pieces?

5 days ago | thestar.com.my | Luna Sun |Kandy Wong

With the pitched trade battle between the United States and China sending tariff rates into uncharted territory, the notion of the world’s two largest economies decoupling completely can no longer be relegated to the realm of academic theory. But rather than this split causing one large, measurable fissure, it is splintering global supply chains in messier, riskier ways.
‘So inept’: Trump’s tariff war is hurting all US assets, investor warns

1 week ago | scmp.com | Kandy Wong

US President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff policies risk harming “all US assets” and accelerating a long-term shift away from the dollar, an investment veteran has warned. The comments by Mark Dowding, chief investment officer of fixed income at RBC Bluebay Asset Management, come after a week of panic-selling on US financial markets that drove up yields on US Treasury bills.
Trump’s tariff war is ‘hurting all US assets’, investor warns

1 week ago | msn.com | Kandy Wong

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As tariffs cut US-China supply chains, how are firms picking up the pieces?

1 week ago | scmp.com | Luna Sun |Kandy Wong

With the pitched trade battle between the United States and China sending tariff rates into uncharted territory, the notion of the world’s two largest economies decoupling completely can no longer be relegated to the realm of academic theory. But rather than this split causing one large, measurable fissure, it is splintering global supply chains in messier, riskier ways.
After Trump’s ‘tactical retreat’, analysts warn ‘crazy’ week is just the beginning

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Kandy Wong |Ralph Jennings

While US President Donald Trump’s Wednesday announcement of a 90-day pause on the punitive levies he had aimed at most other nations is a “a tactical retreat”, analysts said, “no one should relax” as this does not augur any shift in his overall objectives. Amid this “retreat”, tariffs on imports from China were raised to 125 per cent following a retaliatory increase in tariffs from Beijing.
As tariffs hit China, ‘bold moves’ by foreign firms may bolster market share, US CEO says

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Kandy Wong

While the US business community is wringing its hands with a growing sense of trepidation over the impact of swelling tariffs, a tech-solution service provider based in the US state of Tennessee is among those remaining optimistic about doing business in China.
Is Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ opening the door to China to join the CPTPP?

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Kandy Wong |Alice Li

During his first term in office, US President Donald Trump swiftly moved to pull the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership – an ambitious free trade agreement aimed at cementing America’s position in the Asia-Pacific region. Now, the reinstated US leader may be opening the door to China to join the successor to that agreement, as countries around the world seek to counter his sweeping reciprocal tariff regime, analysts said.
China’s rail ambitions receive another boost as Mongolia approves new line

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Kandy Wong

Mongolia’s parliament has ratified a deal with China to jointly construct a new cross-border rail connection between the two countries, as it looks to forge closer ties with its southern neighbour amid US President Donald Trump’s tariff war. Construction of the 19.5-kilometre (12.1-mile) railway – which will allow Mongolia to ramp up its coal exports to China – had been held up for over a decade, but the project has gained fresh momentum in recent months.
Beijing tells US firms to blame Washington for ‘tariff tensions’, hails China prospects

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Alice Li |Kandy Wong

Rallying the likes of Tesla, GE Healthcare and several other American firms just two days after retaliating against the latest US tariffs, Beijing implored the multinationals to “deliver voices of reason” and “address root causes”.