Trump’s Economic Plan 2025: Tariffs, Trade Wars, and Market Effects
Published: 2025-04-27
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Published: 2025-04-27
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A second Trump term will be more aggressive in reconfiguring international trading and financial systems.
"A second Trump term is likely to be even more forceful than the first when it comes to reconfiguring international trading and financial systems."
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Tariffs will be used as a tool for negotiating leverage before any shift to a soft dollar policy, as they will provide the US with more beneficial terms in any agreement with trade partners.
"tariffs are a tool for negotiating leverage as much as they are for revenue and fairness tariffs will likely precede any shift to soft dollar policy that requires cooperation from trade partners for implementation since the terms of any agreement will be more beneficial if the United States has more negotiating leverage."
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Trump is expected to enact a new economic accord at Mara Lago in the coming months.
"It's assumed that Trump will enact a similar accord at Mara Lago in the coming months for the same reason."
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The US may withdraw from military organizations like NATO unless other countries increase their financial contributions.
"the US could back out of military organizations like NATO unless other countries pay more which is arguably what we're seeing right now"
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It is unlikely that China will participate in a 'Mara Lago accord' due to current US-China relations, despite China being central to the US trade imbalance.
"The US and China aren't very friendly these days so the chances of President Xi flying to Florida to meet with Trump anytime soon are objectively low and this is a problem because the trade imbalance that the US has is primarily with China uh so China would also need to be part of any sort of Mara Lago accord."
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The US may cease securing key shipping routes unless compensated, as evidenced by current disruptions in the Red Sea.
"The US could also refuse to secure key shipping routes unless it's paid to do so which is also what we're starting to see happen specifically in the Red Sea where the Houthi rebels in Yemen are disrupting trade to Europe"
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Tariffs are being used as a tool to strengthen the US dollar.
"Moran sees tariffs as a means of strengthening the US dollar for this purpose."
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Trump's economic policy and presidential success are fundamentally linked to his concern for the health of financial markets.
"President Trump has shown repeated concern for the health of the financial markets throughout his administration that concern is fundamental to his view of economic policy and success of his presidency"
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The weakening of the US dollar reduces its negotiating power, potentially making a 'Mara Lago accord' unnecessary.
"in case you haven't noticed the US dollar has been falling fast and this gives the US less negotiating power and effectively makes a Mara Lago accord unnecessary because the US dollar has already weakened significantly"
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Deregulation is predicted to be a significant deflationary force that economists are currently overlooking, potentially mitigating inflation even with implemented tariffs.
"deregulation as one factor that could cause inflation to drop even if tariffs are implemented he even argued that deregulation is the main deflationary force economists are missing"
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Steven Moran had previously warned that initiating with high tariffs could lead to market uncertainty and economic weakness, advising gradual increases instead.
"the way Moran answered it made it sound like he was against the idea and this is expected given that he had previously warned that if Trump started off with high tariffs it could create uncertainty in the markets and could cause economic weakness moran said this in an interview shortly after the 2024 paper was released and advised gradual increases in tariffs instead"
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Failure of proposed deregulation plans could lead to stagflation (weak economic growth and inflation) in the US economy due to tariffs.
"if these deregulation plans fail then the US economy could end up with stagflation that is weak economic growth and inflation because of these tariffs"
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A potential strategy behind Trump's high tariffs might be to intentionally crash markets, encouraging investment in US bonds and lowering yields.
"many have speculated that Trump started off with high tariffs to intentionally crash the markets and incentivize investors to allocate to US bonds thereby lowering their yields"
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The US administration aims to lower bond yields to facilitate the refinancing of $9 trillion in debt.
"the Trump administration is explicitly trying to lower bond yields because the US government needs to refinance $9 trillion of debt and thus needs to lower yields if it can"
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The 'tariff shock' might have been intended to weaken the US economy, as warned by Moran.
"however it's still possible that the goal of the tariff shock was to do the other thing that Moran warned would happen as a result weaken the economy"
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Moran suggests that the inflationary impact of tariffs is often offset by currency depreciation in other countries.
"according to Moran the inflationary effects around tariffs are unjustified because history shows that most of the inflationary effects are offset by a depreciation in the other count's currencies"
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Future US tariffs on China are expected to be significantly higher than previous rates, and China is unlikely to devalue its currency sufficiently to offset them.
"the Trump administration wants the overall tariff rates on China to be much higher probably not the 145% that was recently announced but also probably not the 17% from before it's safe to say that China will not devalue its currency to offset the finalized tariff amount which will likely be very high"
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If US tariffs on China reach 40%, China might devalue its currency by 10-20%, but a full 40% devaluation is improbable due to the risk of domestic unrest.
"for instance suppose that the final tariff rates on China are 40% china might be willing to devalue the yuan by 10% maybe even 20% but there's no chance that it will devalue its currency by 40% and that's just because Chinese citizens losing 40% of their purchasing power would likely result in a lot of domestic strife"
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A significant portion of the tariff costs (20-30%) could be passed to US consumers, potentially causing social unrest, forcing the Fed to maintain high interest rates, and leading to a sell-off in US bonds.
"this means that the remaining 20 to 30% would be passed on to US consumers it goes without saying that this would not be ideal because it would likely create lots of social unrest in the US it would also force the Fed to keep interest rates high and more importantly this inflation would cause a sell-off in US bonds"
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If companies cannot pass on tariff costs due to economic weakness, they will likely absorb the costs, leading to higher expenses and lower profits.
"in this scenario companies would be forced to swallow most of the costs of the tariffs in practical terms this would mean higher expenses and lower profits for corporations"
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Major US stock indices, primarily composed of tech stocks, are largely unaffected by Trump's tariffs due to their limited reliance on physical goods imported from China.
"upon closer inspection however you realize that the major stock market indices such as the S&P 500 consist largely of tech stocks that are mostly immune to Trump's tariffs because they don't deal very much with physical goods being imported from China"
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Trump's tariffs, coupled with economic weakness, may force corporations to absorb costs, thereby protecting consumers and the government from inflation with limited impact on the stock market.
"then Trump's wild tariffs are likely to result in economic weakness which will make it very difficult for corporations to pass on the costs of these tariffs to consumers this means that corporations will have to swallow these costs which would have the practical effect of protecting both the US consumer and the US government from inflation with minimal impact on the stock market"
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A second Trump term is predicted to be more assertive in reshaping international trade and financial systems, with anticipated material volatility risks.
"a second Trump term is likely to be even more forceful than the first when it comes to reconfiguring international trading and financial systems and that quote volatility risks are material which is precisely what we've seen."
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Tariffs are expected to be used to gain negotiating leverage before any shift to a 'soft dollar policy' that requires international cooperation.
"tariffs will likely precede any shift to soft dollar policy that requires cooperation from trade partners for implementation since the terms of any agreement will be more beneficial if the United States has more negotiating leverage"
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Despite initial expectations, the US dollar is weakening, which hinders tariff negotiations but aligns with Trump's long-term goals for a weaker dollar.
"the US dollar has been weakening not strengthening the bad news is that this will make it harder for the US to get what it wants from the tariff negotiations uh the good news is that a weaker dollar was still technically the end game because a weaker US dollar is good for Trump's goals"
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The US might withdraw from military alliances like NATO unless other nations increase their financial contributions, a trend that appears to be unfolding.
"the US could back out of military organizations like NATO unless other countries pay more which is arguably what we're seeing right now"
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The US may cease securing vital shipping routes unless compensated, as evidenced by disruptions in the Red Sea.
"the US could also refuse to secure key shipping routes unless it's paid to do so which is also what we're starting to see happen specifically in the Red Sea where the Houthi rebels in Yemen are disrupting trade to Europe"
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Payment for military security could involve compelling other countries to exchange short-term US bonds for long-term ones, aiming to lower long-term interest rates.
"paying for such military security could involve forcing counterparty countries to swap their short-term US bonds for long-term US bonds to bring down long-term interest rates"
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The Federal Reserve may establish a special facility to mitigate bond market volatility by allowing countries to borrow US dollars against long-term bonds, rather than selling them.
"the Fed would then create a special facility to minimize bond market volatility by making it possible for these countries to borrow US dollars against these long-term bonds instead of having to sell them"
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The Federal Reserve's cooperation with Trump's tariff plans is necessary for certain monetary policies, potentially influencing Trump's stance on Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.
"that though would require the Federal Reserve Board being on board with Trump's tariff plans and could be part of why Trump may want to get rid of Fed Chairman Jerome Pal"
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The US government might consider taxing foreign capital inflows into US assets, a measure considered more extreme than compelling bond exchanges.
"alternatively the US government could start taxing inflows of foreign capital into US assets but such measures would be even more extreme than forcing other countries to buy long-term US bonds"
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Trump has reportedly scaled back some of his initial tariff threats, likely due to concerns about maintaining leverage in the financial markets during the transition.
"this is presumably why Trump has walked back many of his initial tariff threats over the last few weeks despite not receiving many concessions from other countries"
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President Trump's approach to economic policy is fundamentally shaped by his consistent concern for the health of financial markets.
"President Trump has shown repeated concern for the health of the financial markets throughout his administration that concern is fundamental to his view of economic policy and success of his presidency"
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The extreme nature of Trump's 'liberation day' tariffs might have been intended to induce economic weakness, preventing corporations from passing costs to consumers.
"deregulation to recap it's possible that the reason why Trump's liberation day tariffs were so over-the-top was to create enough economic weakness so that it's not possible for most corporations to pass on the costs of tariffs to consumers"
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Deregulation is highlighted by Moran as a crucial factor that could counteract inflation, even with the implementation of tariffs.
"even if this was some 4D chess plan though it probably won't be enough by itself and that's why Moran has been underscoring deregulation as one factor that could cause inflation to drop even if tariffs are implemented"
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Moran posits that deregulation is a significant deflationary force that economists are overlooking due to its unmodellable effects.
"he even argued that deregulation is the main deflationary force economists are missing and that's because the effects of deregulation are impossible to model"
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There appears to be a strong consensus within Trump's inner circle that deregulation should be prioritized immediately.
"this suggests that if there's a consensus about any economic policies in Trump's inner circle that's that deregulation needs to happen ASAP"
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The Trump administration may be offering deregulation to corporations as compensation for absorbing tariff-related costs, which could be offset by currency depreciation.
"this could be because deregulation is what the Trump administration is promising corporations in exchange for swallowing any costs related to the tariffs that could be offset by currency depreciation"
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Deregulation is identified as the next key economic policy to monitor closely.
"it is therefore the next economic policy to watch very closely"
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Failure of deregulation plans could lead to stagflation in the US economy, characterized by weak growth and inflation due to tariffs.
"if these deregulation plans fail then the US economy could end up with stagflation that is weak economic growth and inflation because of these tariffs"
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