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President Donald Trump implemented a new round of tariffs on imported Chinese goods.
What Happened
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The Trump administration is imposing up to $60 billion of new tariffs on imported Chinese goods in response to the U.S. trade deficit with China. Trump also accused China of stealing U.S. intellectual property. The new tariffs are focused mostly on technology-related goods, but the full list of specifically-targeted goods won't be released for another two weeks.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday down 722 points (2.9 percent), while the S&P 500 closed down about 70 points (2.5 percent).
Why It’s Important
The latest tariffs on Chinese goods come after Trump already imposed tariffs on imported steel, aluminum and solar panels earlier this year. Investors are increasingly concerned these isolationist policies will trigger retaliation from China and even an all-out trade war. American companies that rely on international sales could be hit particularly hard by such a trade war.
Trump isn’t afraid of China’s potential retaliation and has previously said trade wars are “easy to win.”
Height Capital Markets analyst Clayton Allen said the new measures are simply intended to create negotiating leverage for the U.S.
“It’s the next step in a continuing process to push forward the stalled negotiations with the Chinese,” Allen said in a research note. “Trump wants to make quite a show of it, and his goal is to gain negotiating leverage with the Chinese.”
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What’s Next
Investors will be watching closely to see which products will be targeted in the new tariffs and how China will react. Trade experts expect China to focus on U.S. agricultural exports if it chooses to retaliate. In addition, investors will be keeping a close eye on how a potential trade war escalates in coming weeks.
Here’s how the market reacted to Thursday’s news:
- SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) was down 1.7 percent;
- SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSE:DIA) was down 2 percent;
- SPDR Gold rust (ETF) (NYSE:GLD) was down 0.5 percent;
- iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures TM ETN (NYSE:VXX) was up 9.3 percent;
- PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (NYSE:UUP) was up 0.2 percent; and
- Bitcoin Investment Trust (OTC:GBTC) was down 3.9 percent.
Several Chinese technology stocks were also hit:
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) fell nearly 5 percent;
- JD.Com Inc(ADR) (NASDAQ:JD) fell 2.3 percent;
- Vipshop Holdings Ltd - ADR (NYSE:VIPS) fell 8.8 percent; and
- Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) fell 4.7 percent.
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27% profit every 20 days?
This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.