WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Some 65 percent of U.S. chief financial officers (CFOs) believe that U.S. trade policy will be negative for their businesses over the next six months, a new survey released on Friday showed.
Thirty-five percent of CFOs cited U.S. trade policy as the "biggest external risk factor," more than double the second biggest risk highlighted -- consumer demand, according to the latest quarterly CNBC Global CFO Council survey.
"While at a macro level it's easy to understand the motivation behind the recent policy changes, I can't find a single CFO who has told me it would be a positive for his or her business," said Jack McCullough, president and founder of the CFO Leadership Council, an executive networking group. "I cannot recall when CFOs were as jittery about a change in policy as they are today."
The survey was conducted between Aug. 21 and Sept. 3 among 62 global members of the CNBC Global CFO Council, which represents some of the largest public and private companies in the world.
According to a recently released annual survey conducted by the U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC), U.S.-China trade friction is "negatively impacting" U.S. companies operating in China, with 81 percent of the some 100 executives reporting such impact, up by 8 percent from last year.
Nearly half of the respondents report lost sales and ceding market share to foreign competitors, and a "staggering" 37 percent of respondents indicate lost sales in China due to Chinese partners' concerns about doing business with U.S. companies, which are increasingly viewed as unreliable business partners as a result of the trade tensions, the survey showed.
Brian Higginbotham, senior economist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, wrote in an article Thursday that in recent months both business and consumer confidence have "faltered," citing tariffs on China as one of the factors. "There is a clear consensus that the recent tariff actions against China are particularly worrisome," he said.
6月17日四级真题听力点评
推荐:复合式听写答题顺序及技巧
2014年12月四级听力真题参考答案:长对话(沪江版)
CET专家:听力材料浑身是宝 需坚持反复听写
国内最详尽的英语四级口语考试细节指导
四级听力考试常用习语
四级听力:考试无绝招 需坚持练习
名师指导:大学英语四级词汇备考策略
排除杂念 力争主动--英语六级听力冲刺锦囊
2014年12月四级听力真题参考答案:短文第一篇(沪江版)
英语专家解析历年四级听力短文题材
2013年12月大学英语四级听力真题及下载
新大学英语四级考试听力部分全面应对方案
2014年12月英语四级听力答案(完整版)
造成四级考试听力反应慢的几大原因
考试听力临场注意事项
四级听力40个常见习语
新四级听力题型分析及应对策略
四级考前要看的近义词组 对词汇题有帮助
恩波名师谢忠明点评6月17日六级试题
考试听力解题技巧 具备4方面基础最关键
备战12月英语四六级 听力请注意7种关键词!
大学英语四级听力名师点睛-复合式听写
2013年6月大学英语4级听力真题及下载
六级听力复合式听写答案及评析
2014年12月四级听力真题参考答案:短对话(沪江版)
四级听力高分两大招
专家辅导:12月新四级听力高分攻略
英语新四级听力应试技巧
20天之内搞定英语新四级听力
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |