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

Mixed Messages from the US-China Trade Negotiations - What Is Trump Doing?

What the Market May Be Missing About Trump's Trade "Strategy" With China

Geopolitical Change and Risk Not Priced into Markets - Rising Risk of a Nasty Surprise

World Trade Outlook: Cyclical Outlook Solid but Structural Threats Rise Further

A China-US Trade Deal Could Happen but that May Not Be Good for Asia

Trade Becomes an Arena for US-China Contention

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

Macroeconomics

<ul><li>Talks between the US and China concluded without substantive agreement, emblematic of a world trade regime that is imperilled. A breakthrough in the near-term is unlikely between the duo though there will be sustained efforts to avoid a full-blown trade war.</li><li>The risks to trade go beyond the US and China. Europe, also concerned about China’s aggressive foreign and economic policies, is hardening its stance on Chinese trade and investment flows. Trade integration initiatives which could help smaller Asian nations withstand a more hostile trade environment such as the RCEP are also struggling.</li></ul>

Talks between the US and China concluded without substantive agreement, emblematic of a world trade regime that is imperilled. A breakthrough in the near-term is unlikely between the duo though there will be sustained efforts to avoid a full-blown trade war.The risks to trade go beyond the US and China. Europe, also concerned about China’s aggressive foreign and economic policies, is hardening its stance on Chinese trade and investment flows. Trade integration initiatives which could help smaller Asian nations withstand a more hostile trade environment such as the RCEP are also struggling.

US-China Trade Tensions Come to a Head