Sentence examples for trade battle from inspiring English sources

The upside to a trade battle is practically nil.

A ripening trade battle might put that to the test.

Mr. Oettinger also cautioned against getting into a trade battle with China over solar panels.

"IT'S the biggest trade battle on the planet," says Pierre Pettigrew, Canada's trade minister, with only mild exaggeration.

Chinese officials responded that the investigation could set off an trade battle that the United States could not win.

Clearly, the trade battle is an unequal one: the Faroes have a population of 50,000, compared to the European Union's 507 million.

Markets elsewhere in Europe rose, judging that the prospect of trade battles was receding.

Foreign firms lament losing trade battles they might not bother to wage in a less lucrative market.

The launching of the World Trade Organisation in 1995, with mechanisms for settling disputes, has also dulled the rhetoric of many trade battles.

Indeed, some European stimulus packages, as well as one passed Friday in the United States, include protections for domestic companies, increasing the likelihood of protectionist trade battles.

The United States and the European Union, setting aside their trade battles, have joined publicly to argue that a new round is vital to perk up the global economy.