Despite the new name (the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA) dropping any references to trade, let alone freedom, the tariff rates on imports from Canada and Mexico are still a mass of zeroes. The main new element – the abolition of a variety of milk Canada introduced last year to support its domestic dairy industry – is ultimately an anti-protectionist move. The main old element is some fiddling around Nafta’s rules on automotive trade which, as we’ve argued previously, aren’t likely to change much.
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China’s Wang says China will not be blackmailed or yield to pressure over trade – GSR
China’s Wang says China will not be blackmailed or yield to pressure over trade GSR — Days after U.S. President Donald Trump denounced globalism at the United Nations, China positioned itself Friday as a “champion of multilateralism” that is keeping international promises when Washington is backing away from them.
Data on China’s Manufacturing Growth will Likely show Further Slowdown in September
The Caixin Purchasing Managers’ Index for China’s manufacturing sector is expected to come in at 50.5 points for September, according to estimates by Reuters. That’s below August’s 50.6 points and the lowest reading since June 2017.
Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement – September 26, 2018
Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in August indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising at a strong rate. Job gains have been strong, on average, in recent months, and the unemployment rate has stayed low. Household spending and business fixed investment have grown strongly.
What Would Happen To USD If Oil Hits $100 A Barrel?
Technical Perspective
The main focus is now on a retest of the year to date high (and 2011 low) around 75.15. Above here and the next technical resistance level will be the 61.8% retracement from 2014 highs around 79.51. To the downside, support is seen along the bullish channel base which, while intact, keeps focus on the further upside.
Fed Expected to Hike Rates Twice More This Year and then Risk a ‘Policy Mistake’ – Gold Silver Reports
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) — A full 98 percent of the 46 respondents, who include economists, fund managers and strategists, see the Fed hiking rates a quarter point this week to a new range of 2 to 2¼ percent. And 96 percent believe another quarter-point hike is coming in December.
Gold Futures Slip 0.14% on Weak Global Cues – Gold Silver Reports
In futures trading at Multi Commodity Exchange, gold for delivery in October was down Rs 42, or 0.14 per cent, to Rs 30,800 per 10 gram in a business turnover of 177 lots.