Thursday 15th March 2018

It seems highly likely that President Trump will be targeting China with a tariff package that could impact more than 100 products and impose restrictions on Chinese investment. Phil Dobbie talks to NAB’s Tapas Strickland about the market reaction to this, and to Theresa May’s announcement that 23 Russian diplomats will be sent packing in response to the Salisbury nerve agent attack. They also look at the weak retail sales results in the US and China, consumer confidence in Australia and today’s GDP figures for New Zealand.