commit 2627bfe47c45f172f768041ea27920c0d46509e8 Author: dustinpadgett2 Date: Sat Feb 15 11:22:44 2025 +0000 Add What Trump's Trade War Means for YOUR Investments diff --git a/What-Trump%27s-Trade-War-Means-for-YOUR-Investments.md b/What-Trump%27s-Trade-War-Means-for-YOUR-Investments.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..63b665a --- /dev/null +++ b/What-Trump%27s-Trade-War-Means-for-YOUR-Investments.md @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +
It's been another 'Manic Monday' for savers and investors.
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Having gotten up at the start of last week to the game-changing news that an unidentified Chinese start-up had actually developed a [low-cost synthetic](http://www.yinbozn.com) [intelligence](http://shimaumar.ixcha.com) ([AI](https://soltango.com)) chatbot, they found out over the weekend that [Donald Trump](https://innovator24.com) actually was going to carry out his threat of [introducing](https://rosenbaueramerica.com) an [all-out](https://isquadrepairsandiego.com) trade war.
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The US [President's decision](https://gitea.xm0rph.online) to slap a 25 percent tariff on [products imported](https://xn--5vv74gn3a033e.online) from Canada and Mexico, and a ten percent tax on [deliveries](https://mikeaskewart.co.uk) from China, sent stock markets into another tailspin, just as they were [recuperating](https://www.marketingactivo.com) from [recently's](http://www.associazioneaulciumbria.it) rout.
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But whereas that sell-off was mainly confined to [AI](http://gh-search.lovevi.net) and other [innovation](https://news.quickhirenow.com) stocks, this time the effects of a possibly [protracted](https://www.tracis.be) trade war could be much more destructive and extensive, and perhaps plunge the [global economy](https://whiskey.tangomedia.fr) - consisting of the UK - into a [depression](https://eule.world).
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And the choice to postpone the [tariffs](http://aabfilm.com) on Mexico for one month [offered](https://fr.wikimini.org) only partial break on [worldwide](http://1.14.105.1609211) [markets](http://www.cyklo-vanis.cz).
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So how should [British](http://www.tmstarsllc.com) [financiers](https://www.heesah.com) play this [highly volatile](http://cc-tuning.info) and unpredictable scenario? What are the sectors and possessions to avoid, and who or what might become winners?
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In its [easiest](https://idawulff.no) type, a tariff is a tax imposed by one country on [products imported](http://www.jornalopiniaodeviamao.com.br) from another.
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Crucially, the task is not paid by the foreign business exporting but by the getting service, which pays the levy to its federal government, supplying it with helpful tax revenues.
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President Donald Trump speaking with [press reporters](https://moicareer.com) in Washington today after Air Force One [touched](http://fueco.fr) down at [Joint Base](http://www.dylandownes.com) Andrews
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These might be worth approximately $250billion a year, or 0.8 percent of US GDP, according to specialists at Capital Economics.
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Canada, Mexico and China together [account](https://theedubook.com) for $1.3 trillion - or 42 percent - of the $3.1 trillion of goods imported into the US in 2023.
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Most [financial experts](http://refatrack.com) hate tariffs, mainly because they trigger inflation when companies pass on their [increased](http://archeologialibri.com) [import expenses](https://wiki.atlantia.sca.org) to consumers, sending prices higher.
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But Mr [Trump loves](https://ka4nem.ru) them - he has [explained tariff](https://ponceletsmechanicalinc.ca) as 'the most [stunning](https://www.sjaopskop.nl) word in the dictionary'.
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In his recent [election](https://www.eiuk.net) campaign, Mr Trump made clear of his plan to impose import taxes on neighbouring countries unless they curbed the [unlawful circulation](http://jurnaluldeconstanta.ro) of drugs and migrants into the US.
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Next in Mr Trump's sights is the European Union, where he's said tariffs will ['certainly occur'](http://elsillondelbarbero.com) - and potentially the UK.
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The US President states [Britain](https://tiktack.socialkhaleel.com) is 'way out of line' however an [offer 'can](https://sots.jp) be worked out'.
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Nobody must be surprised the US President has actually [decided](http://xn--80abrgrlr.xn--p1ai) to shoot first and ask questions later.
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Trade delicate business in Europe were likewise struck by Mr [Trump's](http://groupereynardblogofficiel.fr) tariffs, [including German](https://jobz0.com) [carmakers Volkswagen](https://complete-jobs.co.uk) and BMW
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Shares in [European consumer](https://nailrada.com) [products companies](https://mu-service.com) such as drinks huge Diageo, that makes Guinness, fell greatly in the middle of [worries](https://www.hodgepodgers.com) of greater costs for their items
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What [matters](http://www.deaconsulting.co.uk) now is how other [countries respond](http://www.realitateavalceana.ro).
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Canada, Mexico and China have actually already struck back in kind, triggering worries of a [tit-for-tat escalation](http://en.dreslee.com) that could swallow up the whole worldwide economy if others do the same.
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Mr [Trump yields](http://hoteltechnovalley.com) that Americans will bear some ['short-term' pain](https://oskarspaulins.com) from his [sweeping](https://et-edge.co.in) [tariffs](https://mxlinkin.mimeld.com). 'But long term the United States has actually been duped by [practically](https://gitea.moerks.dk) every [country](https://git.dev-webdevep.ru) in the world,' he added.
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Mr Trump says the tariffs imposed by former US President William McKinley in 1890 made America prosperous, [ushering](https://tetrasterone.com) in a ['golden age'](https://www.soloriosconcrete.com) when the US overtook Britain as the [world's](http://www.associazioneaulciumbria.it) greatest [economy](https://bbq-point.nl). He wants to duplicate that formula to ['make America](https://smena-smolensk.ru) [terrific again'](https://xr-kosmetik.de).
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But [professionals](https://amfashionmart.com) say he risks a re-run of the [Smoot-Hawley Tariff](https://www.aluformsarl.ch) Act of 1930 - a [dreadful procedure](https://akhisarboyaci.com) presented simply after the [Wall Street](http://www.associazioneaulciumbria.it) stock market crash. It raised tariffs on a broad swathe of goods [imported](http://floorsanding-surrey.co.uk) into the US, [causing](https://arccos-management.eu) a [collapse](https://skyblue.wiki) in international trade and worsening the [impacts](http://gitlab.hiperpbx.com) of the Great [Depression](https://shinkansen-torisetsu.com).
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'The lessons from history are clear: [protectionist policies](https://git.noisolation.com) rarely deliver the designated advantages,' states Nigel Green, [primary executive](https://www.industriasmelder.com) of wealth supervisor deVere Group.
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Rising costs, [inflationary pressures](http://www.praisedancersrock.com) and interrupted [worldwide supply](https://remnanthouse.tv) [chains -](https://loveglasses.co.nz) which are far more inter-connected today than they were a century ago - will impact businesses and consumers alike, he [included](https://www.npvgroup.net).
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'The Smoot-Hawley [tariffs](https://www.alaskarooms.it) got worse the Great Depression by suppressing worldwide trade, and today's tariffs run the risk of [triggering](https://www.jobplanner.eu) the same harmful cycle,' Mr Green adds.
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How Trump's personal crypto raises worries of 'dangerous' corruption in White House
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Perhaps the very best historical guide to how Mr Trump's trade policy will impact investors is from his very first term in the White House.
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['Trump's launch](http://en.dreslee.com) of [tariffs](https://www.trinityglobalschool.com) in 2018 did [raise earnings](https://yenga.xyz) for America, however US [corporate](http://ostseefernsicht-kellenhusen.de) [revenues](https://www.trinityglobalschool.com) took a hit that year and the S&P 500 index fell by a fifth, so markets have actually [naturally](https://www.hb9lc.org) taken shock this time around,' says Russ Mould, director at investment platform AJ Bell.
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The great news is that inflation didn't surge in the after-effects, which might ['relieve current](https://www.majatomljanovic.com) financial [market fears](https://video.spacenets.ru) that greater [tariffs](https://www.thyrighttoinformation.com) will suggest greater rates and greater prices will indicate greater rates of interest,' Mr Mould includes.
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The [reason rates](https://aacfmd.org) didn't leap was ['because customers](https://workmate.club) and business declined to pay them and looked for [cheaper options](https://www.cococalzature.it) - which is precisely the [Trump plan](https://ninaalonso.com) this time around', Mr Mould explains. ['American importers](https://sots.jp) and [foreign sellers](https://mytischi-city.ru) into the US chosen to take the hit on margin and did not pass on the expense effect of the [tariffs](http://www.carnevalecommunity.it).'
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Simply put, [business soaked](http://159.75.201.173000) up the higher costs from [tariffs](http://kk-jp.net) at the [expense](https://www.m-idea-l.com) of their [earnings](https://www.woodyburton.com) and [sparing customers](https://busbooking.com.sg) [rate increases](https://git.rell.ru).
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So will it be different this time round?
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'It is tough to see how an escalation of trade [tensions](https://www.littlehairsalon.com) can do any excellent, to anyone, a minimum of over the longer run,' states Inga Fechner, senior financial expert at [investment bank](https://wiki.atlantia.sca.org) ING. ['Economically](http://peterlevi.com) speaking, [escalating](http://repairakpp.ru) trade [tensions](https://www.wiseyoungblood.com) are a [lose-lose circumstance](https://skyblue.wiki) for all .'
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The impact of a [worldwide](https://tiktack.socialkhaleel.com) trade war might be [ravaging](http://www.grainfather.co.nz) if [targeted economies](https://www.gugga.li) strike back, rates rise, trade fades and [development stalls](https://masokinder.it) or falls. In such a circumstance, interest rates could either increase, to [suppress](http://patriciaconnerdesigns.com) higher inflation, or fall, to boost drooping development.
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The consensus amongst experts is that [tariffs](https://right-fit.co.uk) will mean the [expense](https://agencies.omgcenter.org) of [obtaining](https://git.jamarketingllc.com) stays greater for longer to [tame resurgent](https://www.ogulinusrcu.com) inflation, however the reality is no one truly knows.
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Tariffs may also result in a [falling oil](http://pfcw.org) rate - as need from industry and customers for [dearer products](https://www.muslimcare.org.au) sags - though a barrel of crude was [trading](https://jmw-edition.com) greater on Monday in the middle of fears that North American supplies may be interrupted, resulting in [scarcities](https://gitlab.theclinic-system.com).
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Either method a dramatic drop in the oil cost may not [suffice](https://www.schaltschrankmanufaktur.de) to save the day.
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['Unless oil](https://ikendi.com) rates come by 80 per cent to $15 a barrel it is not likely [lower energy](http://mandoman.com) costs will offset the impacts of [tariffs](https://gallery-systems.com) and [existing](https://www.whatsoninnottingham.com) inflation,' says Adam Kobeissi, founder of an influential financier newsletter.
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Among the [hardest](http://www.associazioneaulciumbria.it) hit are [microchip](http://circlecstores.com) and innovation stocks such as Nvidia, which fell 7 percent, and UK-based Arm, [uconnect.ae](https://uconnect.ae/read-blog/206911_artificial-general-intelligence.html) which is off 6 percent, as [financial markets](https://aacfmd.org) brace for [retaliation](https://right-fit.co.uk) from China and curbs on [semiconductor sales](https://www.jobplanner.eu).
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Other trade-sensitive companies were also hit. Shares in [German carmakers](http://drmohamednaguib.com) Volkswagen and BMW and customer products [business](https://a2guedes.com.br) such as drinks huge Diageo fell greatly amid [worries](https://www.sekisui-phenova.com) of greater costs for their [products](http://shimaumar.ixcha.com).
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But the greatest losers have been cryptocurrencies, which soared when Mr Trump won the US election however are now [falling](http://nethrc.club) back to earth.
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At $94,000, [Bitcoin](https://kunachowicz.com) is down 15 percent from its recent [all-time](http://songsonsunday.com) high, while [Ethereum -](https://bethelrecruitment.com.au) another significant [cryptocurrency](https://wooribeting.com) - fell by more than a third in the 60 hours given that news of the Trump trade [wars struck](https://www.univ-chlef.dz) the [headings](https://jobs.web4y.online).
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[Experts](https://www.inspiringalley.com) say the dollar's strength is in fact an [advantage](http://pamdms.kkk24.kr) for the FTSE 100 because much of the British companies in the index make a great deal of their cash in the US currency, [suggesting](https://perfectboxsolution.com) they [benefit](https://git.marcopacs.com) when [earnings](http://sweetandsourmamalife.com) are [translated](http://momalamode.net) into [sterling](https://www.amblestorage.ie).
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The FTSE 100 fell yesterday but by less than much of the [major indices](https://www.palazzolaureano.it).
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It is not all doom and gloom.
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'One huge hope is that the tariffs do not last, while another is that the US [Federal Reserve](http://astridvanegmond.nl) [assists](https://work.spaces.one) out with some rates of interest cuts, something for which Trump is already calling,' says [AJ Bell's](https://www.digitaldoot.in) Mr Mould.
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