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1 month ago | 
eurotopics.net | Maurice Obstfeld |Torsten Riecke |Lieven Sioen |Andrij Popow
The EU member states that have not yet ratified the EU's trade agreement with Canada (CETA) should do so as quickly as possible, the Irish Independent stresses: “To date, 18 EU members have signed up fully. Ireland, despite being one of the closest EU nations to Canada geographically, is among the laggards. ... Canada is now a friend in need. The crushing 25 percent tariff being piled on exports to its biggest trading partner will inevitably trigger a recession in the country. ...
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
project-syndicate.org | Maurice Obstfeld
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
qoshe.com | Maurice Obstfeld
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
eleconomista.com.mx | Maurice Obstfeld
WASHINGTON, DC. “Para mí, la palabra más hermosa del diccionario es ‘arancel’”, dijo Donald Trump a una audiencia en el Economic Club de Chicago la semana pasada. A juzgar por el estruendoso aplauso que siguió, muchos en la comunidad empresarial creen que el plan de Trump de aranceles integrales ayudará a sus resultados. Al mismo tiempo, Trump y sus aliados insisten en que los aranceles ayudarán a los trabajadores estadounidenses.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
taipeitimes.com | Maurice Obstfeld
By Maurice Obstfeld “To me the most beautiful word in the dictionary is ‘tariff,’” former US president Donald Trump told an audience at the Economic Club of Chicago last week. Judging from the thunderous applause that followed, many in the business community believe that Trump’s plan for comprehensive tariffs will help their bottom lines. At the same time, Trump and his allies insist that tariffs will aid American workers.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
businesstimes.com.sg | Maurice Obstfeld
Why targeting an overall reduction in imports would reduce America’s real wages and national incomePublished Thu, Oct 24, 2024 · 06:38 PM“To me the most beautiful word in the dictionary is ‘tariff’,” Donald Trump told an audience at the Economic Club of Chicago on Oct 15. Judging from the thunderous applause that followed, many in the business community believe that Trump’s plan for comprehensive tariffs will help their bottom lines.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Maurice Obstfeld
“To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is ‘tariff’,” Donald Trump told an audience at the Economic Club of Chicago last week. Judging from the thunderous applause that followed, many in the business community believe that Trump’s plan for comprehensive tariffs will help their bottom lines. At the same time, Trump and his allies insist that tariffs will aid American workers.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
datanoticias.com | Maurice Obstfeld
Al mismo tiempo, Trump y sus aliados insisten en que los aranceles beneficiarán a los trabajadores estadounidenses, pero no pueden aumentar los ingresos de los trabajadores y las ganancias de las empresas al mismo tiempo, porque socavan la eficiencia de la economía estadounidense e imponen costos a los consumidores y productores que comprimen el ingreso nacional total. Un resultado más probable es que tanto los trabajadores como los dueños de empresas sufran un verdadero sufrimiento económico.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
piie.com | Maurice Obstfeld
Election season debates over trade policy have brought renewed attention to the United States' longstanding deficit in foreign trade. Critics from both the right and left sides of the political spectrum, including Donald Trump and his allies, hold the trade deficit responsible for a range of alleged ills, among them, slower US economic growth, fewer jobs, the decline in manufacturing, and a transfer of American wealth to foreign owners.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
project-syndicate.org | Maurice Obstfeld
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Many in the US business community think that Donald Trump’s plan to impose massive tariffs on imports from China, and across-the-board tariffs on most other countries’ exports to America, will boost their bottom lines while also helping workers. But tariffs cannot do both – and are likely to do neither.
