Markets fret about America’s turn toward protectionism
A trade war would be certain to roil markets and disrupt central banks’ plans to reduce stimulus
IN THE run-up to the presidential election of 2016, investors were nervous about Donald Trump. They liked his tax-cutting, anti-regulation promises, but fretted about his foreign and trade policies. Some dubbed the two agendas “Trump lite” and “Donnie Darko”.
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Finance & economics March 10th 2018
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