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Trump’s tariff push is still generating the kind of uncertainty that makes markets, companies, and trade lawyers nervous. The more the administration insists this is leverage, the more it looks like self-inflicted economic drag.
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Trump’s tariff push is still generating the kind of uncertainty that makes markets, companies, and trade lawyers nervous. The more the administration insists this is leverage, the more it looks like self-inflicted economic drag.
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Trump’s tariff push is still generating the kind of uncertainty that makes markets, companies, and trade lawyers nervous. The more the administration insists this is leverage, the more it looks like self-inflicted economic drag.
Trump’s trade war kept feeding the same loop on April 7: higher uncertainty, jumpy markets, and more evidence that his tariff addiction is still easier to announce than to defend. The latest round of tariff threats and reversals has left investors, businesses, and allies trying to guess whether the policy is a negotiating tactic or a permanent tax hike. That confusion is the problem. It is not leverage if the main t…
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