Tariffs: The stealth tax
On 2 April, President Donald Trump took the market by surprise with the size and extent of the tariffs on US imports he implemented via a presidential order. Global share markets sold off massively. Clearly, investors are concerned by what many regard as a totally irrational policy initiative. Such an emotive topic is best understood through the history of tariffs, expounded by Sandy McGregor, who touches on why they were discarded as an economic tool and why Trump wishes to reinstate them.
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