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The market really wants certainty and it will adjust to whatever they are,
he said at the Bloomberg Invest conference in New York
There is a strong view that a lot of things around taxes and regulation will go in the right direction, but in the interim, those negotiations can be controversial and complex,
said Gregory Bedrosian, managing partner & CEO of boutique investment bank Drake StarMarket uncertainty surrounding tariffs, inflation, interest rates and government policies ... have led to a disappointing start of the year in investment banking,
driving investors away from those stocks, ... the analysts wroteWe would be super aggressive on that deal if there wasn't so much uncertainty around tariffs,
the executive said, asking not to be identified because the talks were private
All the deals got held off in January and February,
said Bill George, former Medtronic CEO and executive fellow at Harvard Business SchoolThe prospects of higher tariffs and escalating tensions between the U.S. and its trading partners are the top concerns for many U.S. corporate borrowers we rate,
S&P Global ratings said in a research report on ThursdayWe can't take that risk right now,
the investor said days before Trump levied 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, triggering a global trade warThere will be a little disturbance, but we’re OK with that. It won’t be much.”
But Trump then confessed
It's not in my habit to agree with The Wall Street Journal, but Donald, they point out that even though you’re a very smart guy, this is a very dumb thing to do,
the Canadian prime minister said on Tuesday
Look, President Trump talked a big game on the economy, but it’s always important to read the fine print. So: do his plans actually help Americans get ahead? Not even close. President Trump is trying to deliver an unprecedented giveaway to his billionaire friends. He’s on the hunt to find trillions of dollars to pass along to the wealthiest in America. And to do that, he’s going to make you pay in every part of your life,
Slotkin said in her rebuttal
Tariffs are about making America rich again and making America great again, and it’s happening and it will be happening rather quickly.”
In his speech to Congress, Trump saidIt won’t be much.”
The president ... and addedBoth the Canadians and Mexicans were on the phone with me all day today trying to show that they'll do better, ... And the President is listening because, you know, he’s very, very fair and very reasonable. So I think he’s going to work something out with them,
In the interview, Lutnick said ... referencing Trump’s complaint about cross-border flows of fentanyl into the U.S ... Lutnick addedOther countries have used tariffs against us for decades, and now it’s our turn to start using them against those other countries. On average, the European Union, China, Brazil, India, Mexico and Canada…And countless other nations charge us tremendously higher tariffs than we charge them…They’re about protecting the soul of our country. Tariffs are about making America rich again and making America great again,
Trump said
We need to see real engagement on the fentanyl issue, on the drug issue, that is fundamentally the underlying element of these tariffs, is we think the Canadians have not been serious about struck stopping the drug trade
Vice President JD Vance told reporters on Capitol Hill
The president is just trying to sure that the American people get a fair deal, while simultaneously incurring we have access to some minerals and resources that are very important for the economy in the future,
he addedIt doesn't have to be tariffs, but tariffs are easy,
he said about the UKMore Americans are dying from fentanyl overdoses each year than the number of American lives lost during the entirety of the Vietnam War,
Desai said
I’m hoping they’re a means to an end and not an end itself. I think they’re hopefully temporary, designed to achieve a specific result,
said Thune, who hails from an agricultural-dependent state that was hard hit by retaliatory tariffs during Trump’s trade war with China in 2018.It would be very difficult to make farmers completely whole,
he said