The danger is actually, what's going to happen after the announcement, whether we're going to see the European Union coming back with some retaliatory tariffs, and really the kind of the outlook from that,
Because of the U.S.'s broad nature and the quality of companies, it's quite difficult to look elsewhere, longer term, and avoid the U.S.,
If you take a look at the commodities markets, it's crazy, because on the one hand you're talking about secondary sanctions on Venezuela oil, potentially a Russia-Ukraine deal, which may bring Russian crude back into the market, which is a completely different game, and now potential secondary sanctions on Russian oils. It is very difficult to price anything at the moment, so we are taking it day by day and hour by hour, sometimes,
I'm hoping that there is a sense of moderation tonight, we'll see. Maybe that's too naive, after everything we saw from Trump,
This will obviously lead to major economic disorder on the products impacted, not only in Europe but also in the United States,
They risk being pretty powerful. People are speaking of tariffs between 20 and 25 percent,
We should not wish for American workers to be sewing tennis shoes together — they can have better jobs than that.”
The message is congratulations, if you make your car in the United States, you’re going to make a lot of money. If you don’t, you’re going to have to probably come to the United States, because if you make your car in the United States, there is no tariff.”
He’ll eventually get around to us,
He has a brilliant team of trade advisers,
I don't think I have ever mentioned the word uncertainty as many times as I have in the last few weeks, because we simply don't really know to this day, which is supposed to be the day when it is announced, what the deal (with the U.S.) will be for the rest of the world,
It will be negative the world over and the density and the durability of the impact will vary depending on the scope, on the products targeted, on how long it lasts, on whether or not there are negotiations,
There’s no script for how reciprocal tariffs get priced, and uncertainty is the only constant,
Perhaps the most important question is whether this announcement will tip the scales towards a global recession,
If you’re going to remodel your house to make it better in the end, it’s going to be really annoying in the short term, when your house is getting remodeled and there’s drywall dust everywhere and there’s workers in your living room,
It’s simple: If you make your product in America, you will pay no tariffs,
We don’t believe in an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, because that always leads to a bad situation,
On average, the European Union, China, Brazil, India, Mexico, and Canada — have you heard of them? — and countless other nations charge us tremendously higher tariffs than we charge them. It’s very unfair,
Trump explicitly opened to a trade deal with the UK in previous months, putting British exports at the front of potential exemptions should negotiations follow today’s announcement,
Certainly, the president is always up to take a phone call, always up for a good negotiation, but he is very much focused on fixing the wrongs of the past and showing that American workers have a fair shake.”