China-US trade tensions will continue to dictate trading

AS Singapore's corporate earnings season enters the home stretch, the latest US-China trade skirmish that has deepened tensions between the giant economies and sparked market jitters are likely to remain the focus for investors.

On Friday, the US increased tariffs on Chinese imports and trade talks in Washington concluded with no breakthrough although Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He maintained that negotiations between the two largest economies have not broken down.

Instead, he referred to last week's tensions as "a normal twist in the negotiations between the tw…