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But this is huge. This is a pretty seismic and significant shift in the way that we trade with every country on earth,
she added
This is the single biggest trade action of our lifetime,
said Kelly Ann Shaw, a trade lawyer at Hogan Lovells and former White House trade adviser during Trump's first termI thought I’d bite the bullet, buy it now, and then that way I’ll have the latest technology on my laptop and don’t have to worry about the tariffs,
he said
They know what we know, which is suddenly it flips from a buyer’s market to a seller’s market very quickly,
Blackwell said, addingI have been telling my wife that for some time we were going to need to do it, ... and I was watching to see what the president did with tariffs.”
he saidEd, I need a car pronto and it’s got to happen by Sunday.”
On March 27, a Thursday, he told his firm’s car brokerOne of the things my car broker said was that deals that were already written, some of the dealerships were ripping them up already and renegotiating them because they were afraid that they weren’t going to be able to get enough new inventory at a price anybody would buy,
he saidIf you need a new car, if you can get that pre-tariff deal still, you should go get it, ... because who knows what next Wednesday might be like.”
he saidTo the many investors coming into the United States and investing massive amounts of money, my policies will never change. This is a great time to get rich—richer than ever before!!!”
In a post on his own social media platform Truth Social, Trump wrote ... in all caps
I thanked him on behalf of our Country, and said I look forward to a meeting in the near future,
the US president said before traveling to his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida
It is going to affect everything in the economy,
said Josh Stillwagon, an associate professor of economics and chair of the Economics Division at Babson College
If there are things that you’re buying on a consistent basis — week to week, month to month — I think it’s not a bad idea to try to stock up in advance,
Stillwagon said
It just shows the disconnect from this President and what we’re seeing with these tariffs.”
Schumer addedIt’s not just the price aspect and purchasing power decreasing,
said Flores-Macías
Tariffs on our longstanding trade partners, many of whom have committed billions in direct investment into U.S. factories, introduces uncertainty and risk into an industry that is creating jobs and bringing new economic opportunities to communities across the country,
Gore saidThe scope of this decision and ways to mitigate its impact are being analyzed, including efforts to exclude Panama from its application,
Panama’s government said in a statementAnnual losses for households at the bottom of the income distribution are estimated to be $980 under the April 2 policy alone,
according to John Breyault, vice president of public policy, telecom and fraud at the National Consumers League, who cited an analysis from the Budget Lab at YaleI guess you could switch to Coca-Cola if all you want is the caffeine,
she said, lightlyWhile we’re here doing all of this, it’s my understanding that Donald Trump’s out at a golf course,
Schumer told reporters as he said he and other Democrats will force a vote on an amendment to rescind certain tariffsConsumers can prepare for the inflation that the tariffs are likely to exacerbate by getting into the habit of checking the unit price of items on the grocery shelf,
said Breyault