Can Trump make Americans grin and bear his trade war?


While Americans may be willing to pay higher prices at the grocery store or the petrol pump for a while, voters’ patience has historically been thin. — Reuters

NO one is in any doubt that the trade war US President Donald Trump has just unleashed with three of America’s biggest trade partners will be painful.

Everyday items will cost more in the United States as the tariffs get added to prices. Corporate profits will be put at risk and stock markets are bracing themselves for a rout. As inflation rises, rate cut expectations will fall, impacting housing prices too.

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