Cohn believes that the tariffs could
result in trade wars and cost more jobs than they save; while Navarro and others such as US Trade Rep. Robert Lighthizer and US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross think they could be an effective way to reduce the US trade deficit and revive beleaguered industries.
Not exact matches
The
results were gathered Feb. 12 - 23, so before the most recent declines
in the stock market and before the latest moves
in the U.S. - China
trade war.
With President Donald Trump due to arrive
in Germany later on Thursday, a lawmaker
in the country has voiced concerns over a potential
trade war between the U.S. and Europe as a
result of Trump's protectionist policies.
Markets have been on edge over elevated
trade rhetoric between the two countries possibly
resulting in a potential
trade war, which would be a negative for global economic growth.
The Weimar Republic's disastrous monetary policy and
resulting hyperinflation following The Great
War reached a crescendo
in 1923 when a single U.S. dollar
traded for 4.2 trillion German marks.
The final
results will probably be somewhere
in between the extreme scenarios of a
trade war or an unprecedented era of corporate wealth, but that hasn't seemed to mitigate the wild responses so far.
The end
result would be a
trade war in which everybody loses — and ultimately, it could mean the end of North America's economic integration.
The main concern is that this populist approach may
result in a weakening of the dollar and could even usher
in a new era of
trade wars (1).
Economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has similarly reminded us that, although the Smoot - Hawley Tariff did not cause the Great Depression, the
resulting international
trade wars played a critical part «
in preventing a recovery
in trade when production recovered.»
The
results were so disastrous that the
trade war prolonged the Great Depression, contributed to the rise of Nazis and other fascist leaders, and sank US exports by 61 % from 1929 to 1933 before being repealed
in 1934.
Pessimistic views suggest that their rhetoric could
result in either uncertainty plaguing the drawn - out, populist - driven negotiations, or a flat - out
trade war between the two countries.
And if he succeeds
in launching his longed - for
trade war, the entire global economy will suffer as a
result.
Or an outbreak of
war may cut off
trading channels,
resulting in equally serious disruptions
in exporting societies.
He argues that the decline of Islamic civilization over the past 600 years
resulted from defeats at the hands of the West —
in trade, technology, science, philosophy, political development, modernization, diplomacy and
war.
This was followed by a series of market ups and downs that, combined with fears of a
trade war,
resulted in a turbulent quarter for equity investors worldwide.
However,
in Spring 2017, Charles Schwab initiated a price
war,
resulting in all four of the largest brokers
in the United States (Charles Schwab, Fidelity, TD Ameritrade, E *
TRADE) cutting commission rates across the board.
The
trade in blood diamonds has led to devastating
wars in Sierra Leone, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Liberia and over 4 million people have died as a
result of these
wars.
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If
trade wars do begin, it could kill jobs, wage levels, and investment,
resulting in a slide.
Some types of real estate may benefit from the fall - out of the World
Trade Center attack and the
resulting war on terrorism while others may suffer, David Lereah, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS» chief economist, explained to several hundred attendees at NAR's recent annual Conference & Expo
in Chicago.
Printing currency recklessly always
results in the same outcome...
Trade wars and then a breakdown in global t
Trade wars and then a breakdown
in global
tradetrade.