President Donald Trump has issued a flurry of letters warning that steep import tariffs will take effect on August 1, unless they can agree to new trade deals with the United States. We speak to Katrina Ell, Director & Head of Asia-Pacific Economics, Moody's Analytics on what impact this will have on the economies of Asia Pacific and if a round of GDP downgrades are to be expected.

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President Donald Trump has issued a flurry of letters warning that steep import tariffs will take effect on August 1, unless they can agree to new trade deals with the United States. We speak to Katrina Ell, Director &amp; Head of Asia-Pacific Economics, Moody's Analytics on what impact this will have on the economies of Asia Pacific and if a round of GDP downgrades are&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;expected. Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

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