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US-China trade tensions a hot topic at LME Week

Current trade tensions between China and the US have unsurprisingly been a popular topic at this year’s LME Week and although speakers had different views on whether the tensions would persist, or intensify, most agreed it was causing uncertainty in commodities markets.

Jacqueline Holman in London
Fighting it out: trade tensions between the US and China were on the front of everyone's minds at LME Week 2018

Fighting it out: trade tensions between the US and China were on the front of everyone's minds at LME Week 2018

Chatham House associate research fellow for global economy and finance Jim Rollo said on a panel addressing geopolitical issues and metals markets that, while the escalating trade conflict currently dominated...

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