US-China trade deal may help reverse Eurozone slowdown

Live Mint
December 03, 2018
Carolynn Look & Xiaoqing Pi, Bloomberg


The trade truce US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed this weekend may help prop up growth in the euro area.
The 19-nation currency bloc has seen a steady downward trend in economic indicators since the start of the year, a development often pegged to uncertainties around foreign demand and investment amid increased global protectionism. A particular factor weighing on output, however, is the region’s flagging exports to China, according to Commerzbank chief economist Joerg Kraemer.
Demand for European products has weakened this year as the more-than-$12 trillion Asian economy grappled with softening growth, a hangover from a financial cleanup and uncertainties over US tariffs. At a Group of 20 meeting in Buenos Aires, Trump and Xi decided to put their trade war on hold.
“In this case, what is good for China, and the US, is good for Europe,” said Louis Kuijs, chief Asia economist at Oxford Economics in Hong Kong. “The impact on Europe may not be huge but it should be positive, including via more confident Chinese consumers.”
Commerzbank’s Kraemer says the eurozone’s 2019 growth trajectory depends “above all” on China. A detente on trade—paired with lower taxes, spurred infrastructure and increased lending to businesses—should shield the Asian nation from an economic slump, also limiting the risks of a severe downturn in the euro area.

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