1) Why news and tariffs were affecting financial markets? Which markets and financial assets were more reactive to this sort of news? Why?

2) What were the main milestones in trade wars in 2019? Are trade wars over?

Key references:

[1] Alavan, A. (2018) "Donald Trump: Doubling Down Dangerously". November 28th, 2018.

[2] Bown, C. and Kolb, M. (2019) "Trump's Trade War Timeline: An Up-to-Date Guide"

Peterson Institute of International Economics.

[3] Bloomberg (2019) "U.S.-China Trade War Timeline: What's Happened and What's Next".

January 30th, 2019.

[4] Jaffe, A. M. (2019) "US - China trade issues looms large for oil". Council of Foreign

Relations. January, 15th, 2019.

[5]Phillips, M., Ewing J. and Stevenson, A. (2018) "Trade War Escalates. Stock Markets Shrug.

Here's why". The New York Times. September 18th, 2018.