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Trump prepares to unveil reciprocal tariffs as markets brace amid trade war fears
Trump’s new tariffs could backfire if they are set too high, explains Mark Haefele, chief investment officer at UBS Global Wealth Management:
“Wednesday’s reciprocal tariffs could push the effective tariff rate another 4 percentage points higher. Anything further than that could move tariffs beyond a revenue-raising ‘sweet spot,’ in our view.
Globally, the risk of high tariffs disrupting trade and economic activity would potentially offset any US federal revenue gains that the Trump administration seeks to use to further domestic policies.”
“It appears tomorrow there’ll be no country in the world exempt from the initial announcements”.
I tihnk that our trading relatinship is a very strong, and fair and balanced one, so I don’t think there is the need to do this.
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