President Donald Trump has issued a flurry of letters warning that steep import tariffs will take effect on August 1, unless they can agree to new trade deals with the United States. We speak to Katrina Ell, Director & Head of Asia-Pacific Economics, Moody's Analytics on what impact this will have on the economies of Asia Pacific and if a round of GDP downgrades are to be expected.

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Produced by: Tun Hizami Hashim

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning

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Categories:  markets,  economy,  politics,  international

Tags:  tariff letters,  trade balance,  south east asia,  trade deals,