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Markets are digesting new details on the U.S. China trade dispute. The U.S. trade representative’s office published a specific list of Chinese imports that could be hit tariffs. China’s U.S. embassy has indicated it is will respond in kind, perhaps in equal measure. Reignited fear of a trade war is handicapping the nascent recovery that had started on Tuesday.
Wall Street had finished strongly on Tuesday but the escalated trade tensions indicate the positive spill over into Europe will be limited. Traders have been tempted back into usually high-flying technology stocks at bargain up price levels. Lack of confidence in the near term direction for tech sector should limit the market’s upside potential. Amazon is yet to respond to allegations by US President Trump that it operates in ‘not a level playing field’ because of low taxes and deal it has with the Postal Service. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg still needs to testify to lawmakers over his firm's data scandal.
On Wednesday Eurozone inflation stats will reveal whether there has been any pickup in prices during March after a multi-month slowdown. Expectations are for EZ CPI to grow 1.4% in March, up from 1.1% in February, while core prices should
Later on, US ADP payrolls data will give the first snapshot of the US
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