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Thursday, March 27, 2025

The Cost of Policy Uncertainty

The unpredictability of Trump’s tariffs will increase the pain
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/03/27/the-unpredictability-of-trumps-tariffs-will-increase-the-pain
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/03/25/trumps-tariff-pain-the-growing-evidence
 
How Trump’s Tariffs Are Hitting Big Car Producers, in Charts
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/how-trumps-tariffs-are-hitting-the-worlds-biggest-auto-exporters-17b2dd12
Major auto-exporting nations are in crisis mode after President Trump announced new 25% tariffs on imported cars and auto parts, starting April 3. 

With Car Tariffs, Trump Puts His Unorthodox Trade Theory to the Test
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/trump-car-tariffs-trade-strategy.html
With sweeping auto levies, President Trump is putting his beliefs about tariffs into practice on the global economy. Economists aren’t optimistic.