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Warning issued over any US-China trade war

2025/4/16
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Jerome Powell
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@Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala : 我警告说,世界两大经济体之间的贸易战可能会影响全世界。美中贸易额仅占全球商品贸易的3%左右,但如果两大经济体脱钩,导致全球经济沿着地缘政治路线进一步分裂成两个孤立的集团,则可能产生深远的影响。我们的估计表明,从长期来看,全球实际GDP将下降近7%。 @Imogen Figgs : 如果维持目前的关税水平,全球贸易和GDP将大幅下降,甚至可能引发全球经济衰退。如果美国对华征收惩罚性关税,情况将更加严峻。 @Susan Schmidt : 世界贸易组织的警告并非投资者希望听到的,但这是残酷的现实。关税对整体经济具有破坏性,给美联储带来平衡通胀和经济冲击的难题。 @David Autor : 中国加入WTO后,廉价进口导致美国制造业就业岗位大量流失,对许多劳动力市场和城镇造成严重破坏。对华征收关税并非解决问题的正确方法,美国应对中国加入WTO的方式存在重大错误。美国应关注的是如何保护和投资于高科技产业,而非试图恢复已经转移到其他低工资国家的传统制造业就业岗位。美国正在失去其在全球贸易公平规则方面的领导地位,而中国将乐于接替这一角色。 @Christophe Levine : 对华征收关税损害了我的公司业务,使其生存能力受到影响。由于关税,我的公司无法进口来自中国的关键部件,短期内难以找到解决方案。关税政策的不确定性使得我的公司难以做出理性的决策。 @Dan Ives : 美中贸易战的不确定性导致科技股下跌,科技公司和投资者都处于困境之中。 @Jerome Powell : 关税很可能导致通货膨胀暂时上升,甚至可能持续更久。 @Tobias Harris : 日本之所以优先与美国进行贸易谈判,是因为它明确表示不采取报复性关税。日本很难在短期内满足美国提出的要求,因为这涉及到国内政治和经济的诸多因素。日本对美国政府单方面撕毁协议感到愤怒和失望。 @Rubana Huq : 孟加拉国希望通过增加从美国的进口来减少贸易逆差,并降低非关税壁垒。全球不确定性对孟加拉国纺织业造成冲击,一些买家推迟了订单。

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The World Trade Organization (WTO) warns of a potential global trade war between the US and China, which could significantly impact global GDP and potentially lead to a global recession. The impact is predicted to be severe even with tariffs remaining at 10%, and even worse if punitive tariffs are reinstated.
  • WTO predicts nearly 7% reduction in global real GDP in the long term due to US-China trade war.
  • A decoupling between US and China could cause a broader fragmentation of the global economy.
  • Reinstating punitive tariffs could worsen the situation, potentially leading to a global recession.

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The World Trade Organisation's director general, Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala, has warned that a trade war between the World's two largest economies could affect all countries globally.

Rahul Tandon speaks to a boat building business in Michigan who fear the US-China tariff war could force it to shut down.

And we hear about the latest developments in both Japan and Bangladesh's trade negotiations with the US.

The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.