Citi Research The Weekly Globaliser US Election Special: Global Economic Implications Economics & Currencies | Strategy | Global Sector Highlights 10 Nov 2016 22:35:19 ET In this week’s special edition, we assess potential implications of the Trump Presidency across the markets in the US and around the world. Citi Global Research +44-20-7500-1400 Trump Wins – The Republican candidate Donald Trump won the 2016 US Presidential Election; Republicans retained their majority in the House of Editors Representatives and the Senate. US presidents have the greatest authority over Tatiana Voytekhovich foreign and security policy and trade. But with a single-political party government and a President-elect that ran his campaign mainly as an ‘outsider’, the scope for +61-2-8225-4118 potential policy changes under the next administration is unusually large. Multi-Asset US Implications – The new administration will likely pursue some fiscal Global loosening, deregulation in certain industries and, at a minimum, reassess the costs and benefits of further liberalization of international trade and investment. But the scale & nature of any fiscal boost or of changes to external trade and investment policy are uncertain at this stage and will depend in part on intra-party agreements about the size of (corporate) tax cuts and infrastructure spending. The combination of fiscal loosening, trade restrictions & anti-immigration policies could raise US inflation, increase the pace of Fed rate hikes and boost the dollar. Global Implications – US growth, US financial conditions and US-related uncertainties matter greatly for global growth: the US economy accounts for 24.7% of global GDP (at market exchange rates) and an eighth of world goods imports. We note the potential multiplier effects of US policies: a US turn away from globalization would likely lead to reciprocal decisions elsewhere, while US fiscal loosening could encourage more global fiscal loosening. A US-led trade war is a material downside risk for the global economy, which could easily trigger a global recession. The election outcome also has a broader political read- across. Anti-establishment sentiment could rise further around the globe. Selected Countries – Exports to the US (% of GDP, % of Total Exports), 2015 % of total 30 % of GDP 80 70 25 Goods and Services Exports to US (% of GDP) Goods Exports to the US (% of Total, right) 60 20 50 15 40 30 10 20 5 10 0 0 Italy India Chile Israel Brazil Spain China Japan Ireland France Mexico Taiwan Norway Canada Belgium Sweden Thailand Australia Malaysia Germany Argentina Indonesia Euro area Euro Singapore Venezuela Philippines Hong Kong Hong Switzerland Netherlands South Africa South South Korea South Saudi Arabia Saudi New Zealand New Source: BEA, IMF and Citi Research __ See Appendix A-1 for Analyst Certification, Important Disclosures and non-US research analyst disclosures. Citi Research is a division of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (the "Firm"), which does and seeks to do business with companies covered in its research reports. As a Prepared for Mark W Dean result, investors should be aware that the Firm may have a conflict of interest that could affect the objectivity of this report. Investors should consider this report as only a single factor in making their investment decision. Certain products (not inconsistent with the author's published research) are available only on Citi's portals. Economics & Currencies Trump wins: what’s next? Donald Trump wins the 2016 Presidential Election, with Republicans controlling both House and Senate. Trump will start his Presidency with low favorability ratings and without experience of government and the negotiations with Congress that are required to see policies enacted. With a Republican sweep, President Trump would have greater scope to enact his campaign agenda of tax cuts and expansionary spending but success is not guaranteed, given divisions even between Republicans. President Trump likely would also find resistance from a majority Republican Congress if he pursues policies that limit international trade or sour US relations with its foreign allies, given they are in opposition to longstanding party orthodoxy – heightened US political risk continues. Tina M Fordham | William Lee | Dana M Peterson | Tiia A Lehto | Andrew Labelle What Trump’s victory means for Europe Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the US election and the Republican sweep of Congress are likely to mean considerable political & some economic uncertainty for Europe over coming years. In the short-run, the result means a downside risk for growth, with Ireland, Germany and the UK most at risk, and could strengthen the ECB’s easing bias. In the medium-term, US trade and security policies are likely to affect Europe most. The likelihood of a successful conclusion and ratification of the TTIP agreement has dropped. US protectionism may divert EM exports to the EU, strengthening protectionist forces in the EU as well, including at the Dutch & French elections in spring 2017. This could impact the upcoming Brexit negotiations: rising global protectionism limits the outside options for the UK and raises the values of strong ties with the EU. Christian Schulz | Guillaume Menuet | Giada Giani | Antonio Montilla Trump's win & Asia's reflation trades The initial shock of the US election results has given way to a large reflationary move in markets. We are surprised by the optimism that these market moves suggest. While we had anticipated a boost to markets from Trump’s fiscal spending plans, we expected the initial reaction would be much more cautious owing to the many unknowns, especially for EM. This is why our early recommendation to be short EM currencies via KRW and MYR were made against being long the safe-haven currencies of JPY and SGD. Although our trades have underperformed, we encourage investors to remain positioned for greater headwinds to EM Asian currencies. We retain our broad views about EM underperformance and do not rule out more volatility. Johanna Chua | Siddharth Mathur | Gaurav Garg | Adam Kian Hung Tan | Samiran Chakraborty Strategy Global rates & a Trump Presidency A Trump Presidency and clean sweep of Congress has increased the odds of the passage of many of his proposals. On the USD curve this would imply i) more negative USD swap spreads; ii) higher inflation breakevens; and iii) a steeper USD curve. The risk is that EURUSD is now pushed lower & we would question the market’s initial prognosis that Trump has made ECB taper less likely. In the absence of a trade or global security shock, the US fiscal stimulus makes it more likely that the ECB looks to taper QE, where we continue to expect a drop to €60bn per month as well as technical shifts to the PSPP that end the negative convexity bid. We would fade the rally in the € core rates and use this to add to bearish steepening risk. Prepared for Mark W Dean Harvinder Sian 2 Washington watch: The Donald trumps Hillary In an unexpected development, Donald Trump has defeated Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the United States as Americans voted for uncertain change in another expression of populist repudiation seen previously in the Brexit experience. The big issues to watch are the policies that develop, and some indication may come via the advisors who coalesce around the president-elect. Investors may avoid multinationals due to the trade issue, but other industries may be seen as winners such as steel, mining, defense and the oil patch. A Trump win would lead to a Brexit-like selloff (or a 5% rapid S&P 500 drop) partially due to the unanticipated nature of the outcome and worries around the impact on trade and the Fed. Investors may want to buy into the expected short- term market correction. Tobias M Levkovich US Election: not the most EM-friendly outcome Risk premium for EM has just gone up. The US election is over and Mr. Trump will be the next president. From the election campaign, one can surmise that Mr. Trump is not exactly trade-friendly and would like to renegotiate certain security agreements. Increased tariffs toward goods made in EM would have an impact on liquidity and profits within EM. Neither of these two outcomes are a positive for EM. For global institutions, EM is part of their ‘risk budget spend’, and given the uncertainty, that risk budget is likely to be underspent. So keep an eye on the USD on any adjustment to the US trade deficit and focus on individual themes such as rate reductions, reforms & where there is positive growth momentum. Markus Rosgen | Yue Hin Pong | Mandy Ym Chan Trump win: what to do in China's equities There are so many black swans YTD implicating China equities, though few are from China itself. The Trump victory is obviously equity unfriendly given rising risk premium on back of policy uncertainty. Trump’s tough stance on China trade may generate some negative impact on export-driven industries/companies but may not result in a dramatic downside shock of China. Similar to Brexit, the external uncertainty may slow down cross-border related business activities, but external pressure may push China’s determination on internal consumption and innovation transition. We suggest buy on dips and reiterate our transition-favor sectors preference such as IT, Consumer Discretionary, Industrials and Health Care. Click the link to see our Buy & Sell ideas after the Trump win. Jason Sun Global Sector Highlights Trump’s victory & global commodities Trump’s surprise electoral victory saw the immediate impact on the commodities complex as negligible, while Chinese markets have dominated. Can we expect any positive base metal tailwinds from a Trump presidency over the mid-term? It’s difficult to figure out right now. While Trump threatened to scrap a number of existing free trade agreements, as well as labelling China as a currency manipulator during his campaign, a lot remains to be seen until he is formally inaugurated in January 2017.