PM LEE IN CHINA

Greater trade war danger is souring of Sino-US ties: PM Lee

This makes it very hard for countries in Asia that are trying to be friends, or stay friends, with both, he says

Mr Lee at the DBS Asian Insights Conference. He said potential negatives from a trade war would include damage to US-China cooperation on global issues such as climate change and North Korea.

PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO

Shanghai

THE greater danger from a US-China trade war is not just in higher tariffs or damage to trade, but the souring of Sino-US ties more broadly, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Thursday.

And Singapore and the region have to be prepared for this possibility, he added.