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Investors’ trade war focus risks missing bigger picture

Investors seem as pessimistic about the US-China trade war now as they have ever been. Indeed, it would probably come as little surprise to markets if the two sides imposed tariffs on virtually all bilateral goods trade, as we now think is likely. But our view is still that equity markets will fall sharply later this year, as the global economy struggles for reasons largely unconnected to the trade war.

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