Economist, Centennial Asia Advisors

Nicholas Chia

Centennial Asia Advisors deliver timely and accurate economic and political analysis to investors, focused on anticipating key turning points that affect the client’s interests in the Asia-Pacific region. Clients include public agencies and central banks, as well as fund managers and investment banks. The company draws strength from its flexibility to tailor products to fit client’s specific interests. It provides detailed macro-economic forecasts, scenario analysis and timely assessments of how specific major economic and political developments may affect a client’s areas of interest. At Centennial Asia Advisors, we tell it like it is. We have no vested interests, no need for a China wall, and no reason to skew our outlook any other way.

Economist

Bedeviled US-China Ties Make Agreement on Trade Issues More Difficult

US Playing Hardball on Tariffs as China and EU Prepare to Retaliate

Asian Economic Trends: Divergent Inflation; Trade Takes a Breather

US-China Trade Tensions: Respite Likely, but Only Temporary - Asia Has Much to Fear

US-China Trade Tensions: Crisis Deferred, No Real Resolution

Centennial Asia Advisors

At Centennial Asia Advisors, we tell it like it is. We have no vested interests, no need for a China wall, and no reason to skew our outlook any other way. With over 30 years experience covering Asia’s political economy, you can be sure our conclusions and analyses are based on the unadulterated facts. Through years of fine-tuning our research methodologies, we deliver a quality of macroeconomic analysis few other houses can match.

Centennial Asia Advisors is an independent research and advisory firm that works with governments, multilateral institutions, financial firms and leading MNCs.

Economic Policy and Strategic Advisors

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

China & united states / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<strong>Escalation as retaliation follows retaliation:</strong> President Trump threatened to impose 10% tariffs on a further USD200bn worth of Chinese imports, should China retaliate against earlier US tariffs on another USD200bn Chinese imports. Trump also threatened to impose tariffs of 20% on imports of cars from the European Union (EU) after the EU imposed its first round of retaliatory tariffs against US goods worth USD3.3bn, in its pushback against US tariffs on aluminium and steel. The EU action targets…</li></ul>


Escalation as retaliation follows retaliation: President Trump threatened to impose 10% tariffs on a further USD200bn worth of Chinese imports, should China retaliate against earlier US tariffs on another USD200bn Chinese imports. Trump also threatened to impose tariffs of 20% on imports of cars from the European Union (EU) after the EU imposed its first round of retaliatory tariffs against US goods worth USD3.3bn, in its pushback against US tariffs on aluminium and steel. The EU action targets…

Trade War Risks Continue to Edge Up