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To the extent that April 2 provides clarity, then you can begin to make adjustments and plans. But having certainty about economically harmful policies is not a positive,
Bradley said
If that uncertainty were to extend further, or remain elevated for longer, that would only amplify the effects,
Luzzetti saidAt some point this will settle. But because we’re at the very beginning of what will fundamentally be a total rethink of the global trading system, there are going to be a lot more questions than answers in the near term,
she addedApril 2 is when this all kicks off, it's not when all of this ends."
Kelly Ann Shaw, a former senior White House trade adviser during Trump's first term, saidBut, I suspect it will be one of a series on ongoing announcements,
he addedWe're going to be very nice, relatively speaking, we're going to be very kind."
But he told reporters Monday
At the end of the day, this time, unlike last time, it’s ultimately Trump’s decision to make and everyone will fall in line with his decision,
said Ross, who dined at the President’s Mar-a-Lago compound on Friday with Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Bessent, Lutnick and several other administration figures
What we have seen over the past several weeks is a greater focus on downside growth risks,
said Matthew Luzzetti, chief US economist for Deutsche Bank in New YorkThe risk from April 2 tariffs is greater than many market participants have previously assumed,
the bank’s economists said in a March 30 client noteTrump doesn’t seem to understand basic international economics. A lot of the arguments he makes, Adam Smith was refuting two and a half centuries ago in ‘Wealth of Nations,‘
he addedWe have the largest single market in the world, we have the strength to negotiate, we have the power to push back,
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday
There’s still a lot of discussions under way and a lot of votes that are still in play,
Kaine told reportersEventually, much of that offshore manufacturing went to China, and to Southeast Asia and India,
Jordan addedRepublicans in the Senate MUST vote to keep the National Emergency in place,
Trump wrote in a post on his private social media platformIt won't be long before U.S. tariffs turn from being a tailwind to being a drag,
said Julian Evans-Pritchard of Capital Economics
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On Wednesday, it will be Liberation Day in America, as President Trump has so proudly dubbed it,
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told members of the media Monday
We're being nicer than they were,
he said while speaking to the media after signing an unrelated executive order MondayTariffs could be calamitous, and any special punitive moves against Irish-based pharma could cost thousands of jobs,
wrote its deputy political editor
Liberation Day is the moniker coined by this administration. Liability Day might prove more apt,
it wrote
The removal of tariffs on American goods is another step to open the market to competition, to diversify the economy, and to lower the cost of living.”
Israeli PM Netanyahu said