Rising risk of EU-US political and trade tensions - AmpGFX

Greg Gibbs, Analyst at Amplifying Global FX Capital, suggests that an issue that may dampen a quick or full recovery in the EUR is the risk of increasing tension between the US and the EU over Iran sanctions and trade. 

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“EU companies will face sanctions from the US if they continue to do business with Iran.  And disagreement over the Iran deal may exacerbate a brewing argument over trade.”

“Now that the US administration has extracted some concessions from China on trade and moved negotiations onto a more extended timeline, it could turn its attention to pressuring Europe to reduce its trade surplus with the US.”

“The ECB has highlighted a possible trade war as a downside risk for the Eurozone economy.  Any increase in tensions between the US and the EU may be seen as undermining business confidence and delaying ECB QE exit.”