Trade war & peace

In today’s podcast Ben Gutteridge, Head of Fund Research, speak to Brewin’s Head of Research, Guy Foster about rising trade tensions between the US and China. The conversation covers the motivation for the US’ bellicose stance, to what extent their claims are legitimate, how measured the Chinese response has been, whether this could escalate further and what action investors should be contemplating.

A really engaging 25 minutes to help you better understand the economic stresses and strains of this debate and how this story may yet play out.

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