Friday, April 3, 2026

‘If he’d stayed on the golf course, we’d be in a better place’: experts on Trump’s tariffs, one year on

Investors quickly understood that chaos was an essential tool in Trump's armoury. Almost as soon as he was inaugurated, there was a steady decline in the value of the dollar against other currencies. Investors sold assets denominated in dollars and bought assets elsewhere: Europe, Asia, South America. 

"If you think that discouraging investors from buying assets in the US is a victory, then you don't believe in a growing economy," said Dario Perkins, the head of global research at the consultancy TS Lombard. "If it was possible for Trump to have spent the last 14 months on the golf course, we would be in a better place."…

 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/02/trump-liberation-day-us-tariffs-trade


 

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