Asian markets bleed on fresh trade fears
S&P Global Ratings raises risk level of trade interruption and geopolitical tensions to "high" from "elevated"
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THE reprieve from the trade sabre-rattling did not last long.
Reports that the United States might clamp down on Chinese investments in technology have re-ignited fears that the world's two largest economies are careening towards another trade stand-off.
Singapore's benchmark Straits Times Index was back in the red on Wednesday. It lost 56.57 points, or 1.64 per cent, to 3,382.78, sliding fairly consistently through the session.
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