A truck stands next to shipping containers at a port in Shanghai, China. The US hiked tariffs on more than US$200 billion in goods from China in the most dramatic escalation yet of the trade spat. Photo: Bloomberg A truck stands next to shipping containers at a port in Shanghai, China. The US hiked tariffs on more than US$200 billion in goods from China in the most dramatic escalation yet of the trade spat. Photo: Bloomberg
A truck stands next to shipping containers at a port in Shanghai, China. The US hiked tariffs on more than US$200 billion in goods from China in the most dramatic escalation yet of the trade spat. Photo: Bloomberg
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China’s biggest companies can weather US-China trade war escalation, says rating agency S&P

  • However, prolonged uncertainty and lagging confidence could eventually make it harder for Chinese companies to refinance debt, S&P says
  • Only about 8 per cent of companies S&P rates have direct exposure to increased tariffs through exports

Topic |   US-China trade war
Chad Bray
Chad Bray

Updated: 9:36pm, 15 May, 2019

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A truck stands next to shipping containers at a port in Shanghai, China. The US hiked tariffs on more than US$200 billion in goods from China in the most dramatic escalation yet of the trade spat. Photo: Bloomberg A truck stands next to shipping containers at a port in Shanghai, China. The US hiked tariffs on more than US$200 billion in goods from China in the most dramatic escalation yet of the trade spat. Photo: Bloomberg
A truck stands next to shipping containers at a port in Shanghai, China. The US hiked tariffs on more than US$200 billion in goods from China in the most dramatic escalation yet of the trade spat. Photo: Bloomberg
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