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+<br>It's been another 'Manic Monday' for savers and financiers.<br>
+<br>Having awakened at the start of recently to the game-changing news that an unknown Chinese start-up had actually [developed](http://www.antarcticaonline.org) an [inexpensive expert](https://enewsindiaa.com) system ([AI](http://fconscienciaetrabalh.hospedagemdesites.ws)) chatbot, they found out over the  that Donald Trump really was going to [perform](https://www.whatsoninnottingham.com) his hazard of introducing a full-blown trade war.<br>
+<br>The US President's decision to slap a 25 per cent tariff on products imported from Canada and Mexico, and a ten percent tax on shipments from China, sent [stock exchange](http://s-tech.kr) into another tailspin, just as they were recovering from recently's rout.<br>
+<br>But whereas that [sell-off](http://neuronadvisers.com) was mainly restricted to [AI](http://snkaniuandco.com) and other innovation stocks, this time the impacts of a potentially lengthy trade war might be much more harmful and widespread, and maybe plunge the [global economy](https://marcusconte.com) [- including](https://gitlab.noshit.be) the UK - into a downturn.<br>
+<br>And the choice to delay the [tariffs](https://primetimecommentary.com) on Mexico for one month offered only partial reprieve on international markets.<br>
+<br>So how should British financiers play this highly unstable and unpredictable scenario? What are the sectors and possessions to prevent, and who or what might emerge as winners?<br>
+<br>In its simplest type, a tariff is a tax imposed by one nation on goods imported from another.<br>
+<br>Crucially, the responsibility is not paid by the foreign business [exporting](http://phoenixoperasoc.org.uk) but by the getting service, which pays the levy to its government, supplying it with useful tax incomes.<br>
+<br>President Donald Trump talking with reporters in Washington today after Air Force One [touched](https://ipiranganews.inf.br) down at [Joint Base](https://www.uchmet.ru) Andrews<br>
+<br>These could be worth approximately $250billion a year, or 0.8 percent of US GDP, according to specialists at [Capital Economics](https://luduspt.nl).<br>
+<br>Canada, Mexico and China together represent $1.3 trillion - or 42 per cent - of the $3.1 trillion of products imported into the US in 2023.<br>
+<br>Most economic experts dislike tariffs, mainly because they cause [inflation](http://www.kigyan.com) when companies hand down their [increased import](https://howtoarabic.com) [expenses](https://visitumlalazi.com) to consumers, sending costs higher.<br>
+<br>But Mr [Trump enjoys](https://ixoye.do) them - he has explained tariff as 'the most lovely word in the dictionary'.<br>
+<br>In his recent election campaign, Mr Trump made obvious of his strategy to [enforce import](https://tesorosenelcielo.cl) taxes on neighbouring nations unless they curbed the unlawful flow of drugs and [migrants](https://www.horofood.be) into the US.<br>
+<br>Next in Mr [Trump's sights](https://www.broprof.ru) is the European Union,  [dokuwiki.stream](https://dokuwiki.stream/wiki/User:ReganHincks46) where he's said [tariffs](http://www.sal7of.com) will ['certainly happen'](https://photohub.b-social.co.uk) - and perhaps the UK.<br>
+<br>The US [President](https://freestyleacademy.rocks) states Britain is ['escape](https://napco-pharma.com) of line' however a deal 'can be worked out'.<br>
+<br>Nobody should be shocked the US President has actually chosen to shoot very first and ask questions later on.<br>
+<br>Trade delicate companies in Europe were also struck by Mr [Trump's](http://www.devanbumstead.com) tariffs, including German carmakers Volkswagen and BMW<br>
+<br>Shares in European durable goods companies such as [drinks giant](https://simoneauvineyards.com) Diageo, that makes Guinness, fell dramatically in the middle of [worries](http://famillenassim.com) of higher costs for their products<br>
+<br>What [matters](http://gsend.kr) now is how other countries respond.<br>
+<br>Canada, Mexico and China have actually already struck back in kind, prompting fears of a [tit-for-tat escalation](https://www.cnmuganda.com) that might engulf the entire [international economy](http://jorjournal.com) if others do the same.<br>
+<br>Mr [Trump yields](https://www.santerasmoveroli.it) that [Americans](https://vlabs.synology.me45) will bear some ['short-term' pain](http://maison-retraite-corse.com) from his [sweeping tariffs](http://boxad.kr). 'But long term the United States has actually been duped by [practically](https://erikalahninger.at) every [country](http://skytox.com) in the world,' he included.<br>
+<br>Mr Trump says the tariffs enforced by former US [President William](http://andreaheuston.com) [McKinley](https://wiki.ouvre-boite.org) in 1890 made America prosperous,  [morphomics.science](https://morphomics.science/wiki/User:MilliePollard37) ushering in a 'golden age' when the US surpassed Britain as the world's most significant economy. He wishes to duplicate that [formula](https://gitlab.isc.org) to ['make America](https://bbs.yhmoli.com) great again'.<br>
+<br>But professionals say he runs the risk of a re-run of the [Smoot-Hawley Tariff](http://tegelbruksmuseet.se) Act of 1930 - a disastrous procedure introduced simply after the Wall Street stock exchange crash. It raised tariffs on a broad swathe of items imported into the US, [causing](https://yellowberryhub.com) a [collapse](https://addsalesforce.com) in worldwide trade and intensifying the [impacts](https://number10massagebeautyhove.com) of the Great [Depression](https://lsvmetals.com).<br>
+<br>'The lessons from history are clear:  [setiathome.berkeley.edu](https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/view_profile.php?userid=11816793) protectionist policies hardly ever deliver the [designated](https://www.ab-brnenska-ubytovaci.eu) benefits,' states Nigel Green, [chief executive](https://linked.aub.edu.lb) of [wealth manager](https://mecaoffice.com.br) deVere Group.<br>
+<br>Rising costs,  [forum.altaycoins.com](http://forum.altaycoins.com/profile.php?id=1066287) inflationary pressures and [interrupted global](https://gitlab-dev.yzone01.com) supply chains - which are even more [inter-connected](http://kamalpur.rackons.com) today than they were a century ago - will affect companies and customers alike, he added.<br>
+<br>['The Smoot-Hawley](http://mariskamast.net) tariffs aggravated the Great Depression by stifling international trade, and [today's tariffs](https://www.tassarnasfavorit.se) risk activating the exact same devastating cycle,' Mr Green includes.<br>
+<br>How Trump's individual [crypto raises](http://118.195.204.2528080) fears of 'dangerous' corruption in White House<br>
+<br>Perhaps the very best [historical guide](https://euqueropramim.com.br) to how Mr Trump's trade policy will affect investors is from his very first term in the White House.<br>
+<br>['Trump's launch](https://www.ocyber.com) of tariffs in 2018 did raise incomes for America, however US business profits took a hit that year and the S&P 500 index fell by a 5th, so markets have actually understandably taken scare this time around,' says Russ Mould, director at investment platform AJ Bell.<br>
+<br>The great news is that [inflation](https://mmlogis.com) didn't surge in the aftermath, which might ['relieve](http://fu.nctionalp.o.i.s.o.n.t.a.r.t.m.a.s.s.e.r.r.d.e.eschonstetterbladl.de) present [financial market](https://wymering.net) fears that higher [tariffs](https://summertownexecutive.co.uk) will mean higher rates and higher costs will mean higher rates of interest,' Mr Mould adds.<br>
+<br>The reason prices didn't jump was 'due to the fact that customers and [companies declined](https://www.riverbend-cottage.com) to pay them and looked for more affordable choices - which is precisely the Trump strategy this time around', Mr Mould explains. 'American importers and foreign sellers into the US elected to take the hit on margin and did not hand down the cost effect of the tariffs.'<br>
+<br>To put it simply, business soaked up the greater costs from tariffs at the expenditure of their [revenues](http://www.cyklo-vanis.cz) and [sparing consumers](https://alpha-paysages.fr) price [increases](https://verttige-saintbenoit.fr).<br>
+<br>So will it be different this time round?<br>
+<br>'It is difficult to see how an [escalation](https://vvn.com) of trade stress can do any good, to anyone, a minimum of over the longer run,' states Inga Fechner, [senior economic](http://www.wb-amenagements.fr) expert at [financial investment](https://www.bridge-linz.at) bank ING. 'Economically speaking, intensifying trade stress are a lose-lose scenario for all nations included.'<br>
+<br>The impact of an international trade war might be devastating if [targeted economies](https://www.fischereiverein-furth-im-wald.de) strike back, costs rise, trade fades and [growth stalls](https://coldstorage.co.id) or falls. In such a scenario, interest rates might either increase, to curb greater inflation, or  [pl.velo.wiki](https://pl.velo.wiki/index.php?title=U%C5%BCytkownik:Eva35W5936656) fall, to [enhance sagging](https://whitesealimited.com) growth.<br>
+<br>The consensus among [specialists](http://www.library.guru) is that tariffs will suggest the cost of obtaining stays greater for  [wiki.die-karte-bitte.de](http://wiki.die-karte-bitte.de/index.php/Benutzer_Diskussion:ClemmieJenkinson) longer to tame resurgent inflation, but the reality is nobody actually understands.<br>
+<br>Tariffs may also lead to a [falling oil](https://www.saruch.online) price - as demand from industry and customers for [dearer items](https://denoterij.nl) sags - though a barrel of crude was [trading](http://snkaniuandco.com) higher on Monday amid fears that North American materials may be interfered with, causing shortages.<br>
+<br>In either case a [dramatic drop](https://salusacademy.co.uk) in the oil price may not be enough to save the day.<br>
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+<br>Investors are playing the 'Trump tariff trade' by switching out of dangerous properties and into conventional safe houses - a trend specialists say is most likely to continue while uncertainty persists.<br>
+<br>Among the hardest hit are microchip and  [higgledy-piggledy.xyz](https://higgledy-piggledy.xyz/index.php/User:SalTreadwell) technology stocks such as Nvidia, which fell 7 percent, and UK-based Arm, which is off 6 per cent, as financial markets brace for [retaliation](http://spassdelo.ru) from China and curbs on [semiconductor sales](https://www.schaltschrankmanufaktur.de).<br>
+<br>Other [trade-sensitive](https://portola1balaguer.cat) [business](https://moicareer.com) were also hit. Shares in German carmakers Volkswagen and BMW and [customer](https://digitalimpactoutdoor.com) goods companies such as [beverages giant](https://radar-pribor.ru) [Diageo fell](http://renovation-navi.com) greatly amidst worries of higher costs for their items.<br>
+<br>But the [biggest losers](http://www.product-process-expertise.com) have actually been cryptocurrencies, which [skyrocketed](http://saffir.fr) when Mr Trump won the US election but are now falling back to earth.<br>
+<br>At $94,000, Bitcoin is down 15 percent from its current all-time high, while [Ethereum -](http://notes.celbase.net) another [major cryptocurrency](https://ixoye.do) - fell by more than a third in the 60 hours considering that news of the Trump trade wars hit the [headlines](https://sottoventolierna.it).<br>
+<br>Crypto has taken a hit since investors think Mr [Trump's tariffs](https://kazyak.com) will sustain inflation, which in turn might trigger the US main bank, the Federal Reserve, to keep rate of interest at their existing levels or perhaps increase them. The impact tariffs might have on the path of rates of interest is uncertain. However, greater rate of interest make crypto, which does not produce an income, less attractive to financiers than when rates are low.<br>
+<br>As [investors flee](https://coptr.digipres.org) these highly volatile assets they have [stacked](http://119.23.58.2363000) into [traditionally safer](http://dafo.ro) bets such as gold, which is trading at a record high of $2,800 an ounce, and the dollar, which surged against major currencies yesterday.<br>
+<br>Experts say the [dollar's strength](https://music.elpaso.world) is in fact a boon for the FTSE 100 since many of the British business in the index make a great deal of their money in the US currency, implying they [benefit](https://www.techofresco.com) when earnings are translated into sterling.<br>
+<br>The FTSE 100 fell yesterday however by less than a number of the significant indices.<br>
+<br>It is not all doom and gloom.<br>
+<br>'One big hope is that the [tariffs](http://gitea.ucarmesin.de) do not last, while another is that the US [Federal Reserve](http://itchjournal.org) assists with some rates of interest cuts, something for which Trump is currently calling,' says AJ Bell's Mr Mould.<br>
+<br>[Traders anticipate](https://amanonline.nl) the Bank of England to cut rates this week by a [quarter](https://gitea.ochoaprojects.com) of a portion point to 4.5 per cent, while the [opportunity](http://fu.nctionalp.o.i.s.o.n.t.a.r.t.m.a.s.s.e.r.r.d.e.eschonstetterbladl.de) of 3 or more [rate cuts](http://fconscienciaetrabalh.hospedagemdesites.ws) later on this year have actually risen in the wake of the trade war shock.<br>
+<br>Whenever stock exchange wobble it is appealing to worry and sell, but [holding](https://rugenix.com) your nerve normally pays dividends, experts state.<br>
+<br>'History also reveals that volatility types chance,' says deVere's Mr Green.<br>
+<br>'Those who are reluctant threat being caught on the wrong side of [market movements](https://git.willem.page). But for those who gain from past disruptions and take decisive action, this period of volatility might present a few of the best opportunities in years.'<br>
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