{"id":16521,"date":"2025-02-25T19:05:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T19:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=16521"},"modified":"2025-02-25T19:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T19:05:40","slug":"trade-wars-that-never-happen-still-have-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=16521","title":{"rendered":"Trade Wars That Never Happen Still Have Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“trade wars that don’t happen have costs.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The economic uncertainty created by Trump’s tariff threats has already warped markets and harmed the economy in ways large and small.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Uncertainty created by Trump’s trade policies reduced aggregate U.S. investment by as much as $47 billion in 2018, according to a 2020 study<\/a> in the Journal of Monetary Economics.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The authors of that paper wrote<\/a> that “all measures suggest that uncertainty about trade policy has recently shot up to levels not seen since the 1970s.” They concluded that “both higher expected tariffs and increased uncertainty about future tariffs deters investment.””  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“trade wars that don’t happen have costs.”<\/p>\n

“The economic uncertainty created by Trump’s tariff threats has already warped markets and harmed the economy in ways large and small.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Uncertainty created by Trump’s trade policies reduced aggregate U.S. investment by as much as $47 billion in 2018, according to a 2020 study in the Journal of Monetary Economics.<\/p>\n

The authors of that paper wrote that “all measures suggest that uncertainty about trade policy has recently shot up to levels not seen since the 1970s.” They concluded that “both higher expected tariffs and increased uncertainty about future tariffs deters investment.”” <\/p>\n

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