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Maurice Obstfeld, economic counsellor and director of the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund, holds a press briefing on the World Economic Outlook during the 2018 Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group in Washington. International bodies such as the IMF and OECD have discouraged confrontational trade tactics, but have they been too optimistic in assessing the consequences? Photo: AFP

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We’re all taking the global trade war far too lightly

17 Jul 2018 - 10:34pm

Doves are released during a memorial ceremony at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall on December 13 last year, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the massacre in Nanjing during the second world war. Trade wars stoke nationalism and hatred among people and finally trigger wars, as evidenced by the breakout of the second world war. Photo: AFP

History shows trade wars cause world wars. Will this time be different?

17 Jul 2018 - 7:28pm 5

Hong Kong’s government has implemented roughly half a dozen new or amended property stamp duties since November, 2010. Photo: Roy Issa

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Hong Kong’s stamp duties have worked to stabilise the housing market

17 Jul 2018 - 7:22pm 6

A South Korean dealer works in front of monitors at the KEB Hana Bank in Seoul on July 11, a day when Korea’s benchmark Kospi fell 13.54 points amid the US-China trade war. Photo: EPA-EFE

Macroscope Neal Kimberley

Trade war sends unsentimental markets hunting for winners and losers

17 Jul 2018 - 10:34pm 1

Contestants in a chilli-pepper-eating competition in Ningxiang, Hunan, have their fill on July 8. Hunanese food, known as Xiang cuisine, is well known for its spicy flavours. Photo: AFP

Loving China can start with a passion for its food

17 Jul 2018 - 7:18am

CLP Power and HK Electric have been handed a new 15-year deal under the so-called scheme of control, which will start in a few months. Photo: Bloomberg

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When a monopoly may be the lesser of two evils

16 Jul 2018 - 10:46pm

Pedestrians in Beijing’s central business district. A full-blown trade war could sink China’s markets even deeper into bear territory, hitting financial wealth expectations and consumer confidence hard. China’s policy planners must work doubly hard to make up for the shortfall in demand. Photo: AFP

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In times of trade war, who will buy Chinese goods? The Chinese

16 Jul 2018 - 10:28pm

A Foxconn smartphone factory in China. Photo: EPA

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16 Jul 2018 - 8:34am 9

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The chief executive and her allies have effectively taken full control of the legislative process, thanks in part to the incompetence of the opposition.

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16 Jul 2018 - 12:39am 11

People watch an electronic board displaying the Hang Seng Index at Central in this photo from October 28, 1997. Companies boosted their share buy-backs when the market tanked in 1997. Photo: SCMP

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The last time buy-backs were at a historical high we saw the 1997 crash

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China's President Xi Jinping meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Photo: Reuters

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Frederick Fung looks ready to leave the party he helped found. Photo: Winson Wong

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Last week, the Court of Final Appeal unanimously held that the government discriminated against “QT” by refusing to grant her a dependent visa on the grounds that it did not recognise her same-sex civil partnership. Photo: AFP

Top court’s landmark ruling on same-sex couple can spark change in Hong Kong

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A private condominium is constructed next to a public housing estate in Singapore in February 2017. Eighty per cent of Singaporeans live in government-built housing. Photo: Reuters

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US President Jimmy Carter (left) views the Berlin Wall with West Berlin’s mayor Dietrich Stobbe in 1978. Photo: AFP

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Johannes Chan Man-mun, a professor of law at the University of Hong Kong, has proposed safeguards to limit future interpretations of the Basic Law by the Standing Committee. Photo: Nora Tam/SCMP

My Take Alex Lo

Interpretation by pan-democrat makes sense

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a press conference at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on July 9. China and Europe have been the target of US President Donald Trump’s trade threats. Photo: Reuters

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An elderly woman walks past a root-covered wall in Kennedy Town in April 2017. Roughly 18 per cent of Hong Kong’s population are aged over 65. Photo: Nora Tam

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