ECONOMISTS UPGRADE U.S.-CHINA TRADE CONFLICT TO
‘WAR’
The economic consensus is in: The U.S. and China are in a trade
war. A year ago, the economists in a monthly survey by The Wall
Street Journal were evenly split over whether to describe the
situation in those terms. Of the 48 respondents, 24 said the U.S.
was in a “trade war,” while the other 24 said they
preferred other terms, such as “trade skirmish,”
“trade tensions,” “trade battle” or
“trade dispute.” But in the latest survey, conducted
Aug. 2-6, 87% of respondents were good to go with “trade
war.”
Source: The Wall Street Journal
AutoCanada REBRANDS U.S. STORES, TO SELL 4 AS PART OF
TURNAROUND
AutoCanada has re branded its nine U.S. locations as the Leader
Automotive Group under a turnaround plan that includes selling
under performing stores, Canada's lone publicly traded
dealership group said Thursday. AutoCanada, which in April 2018
acquired nine stores from the Grossinger Auto Group, said in a
