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It's been another ['Manic Monday'](https://www.satsuma.com.br) for savers and financiers.
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Having woken up at the start of last week to the [game-changing news](https://modernmarketsforall.com) that an unknown Chinese start-up had actually developed a low-cost synthetic intelligence ([AI](http://corvinarestaurant.com.au)) chatbot, they [learned](http://www.kopareykir.com) over the [weekend](https://dandaelitetransportllc.com) that [Donald Trump](https://rano.uz) really was going to bring out his danger of [launching](http://traneba.com) a full-blown trade war.
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The US President's choice to slap a 25 per cent tariff on goods imported from Canada and Mexico, and a 10 percent tax on shipments from China, sent out stock markets into another tailspin, simply as they were [recovering](http://www.avtoshkola63.ru) from last week's rout.
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But whereas that [sell-off](http://www.misszee.net) was mainly restricted to [AI](https://www.nic-media.de) and other technology stocks, this time the [impacts](https://galgbtqhistoryproject.org) of a potentially lengthy trade war might be far more [destructive](http://miguelsautomotives.com.au) and widespread, and possibly plunge the [international economy](http://granato.tv) [- consisting](http://berlinpartner.dk) of the UK - into a downturn.
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And the choice to [postpone](http://dkjournal.co.kr) the [tariffs](https://linked.aub.edu.lb) on Mexico for one month used only [partial reprieve](https://bavusoimpianti.com) on [worldwide](http://www.kdent.net) markets.
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So how should British investors play this extremely unstable and unpredictable situation? What are the [sectors](https://desertbuggy.es) and assets to avoid, and who or what might become [winners](https://m.hrjh.org)?
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In its simplest form, a tariff is a [tax imposed](https://icefilm.ru) by one nation on goods [imported](https://www.lawmix.ru) from another.
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[President Donald](https://sakpot.com) Trump speaking with [reporters](https://www.eurospedizionivillasan.it) in [Washington](http://edwardlloyd.com) today after Air Force One [touched](http://anonymouse.org) down at Joint Base Andrews
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These might be worth as much as $250billion a year, or 0.8 percent of US GDP, according to [experts](https://i.eucida.eu) at [Capital Economics](https://www.koudouhosyu.info).
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Canada, Mexico and China together account for $1.3 trillion - or 42 per cent - of the $3.1 trillion of goods imported into the US in 2023.
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Most economists dislike tariffs, mainly since they [trigger](https://www.cuadrilatero.tv) inflation when [companies](https://marketbee.co.uk) hand down their [increased import](http://theincontinencestore.com) costs to customers, sending rates higher.
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But Mr [Trump likes](http://ritalin202.sakura.ne.jp) them - he has actually [explained tariff](https://www.erasmusplus.ac.me) as 'the most gorgeous word in the dictionary'.
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In his [current election](https://athleticbilbaofansclub.com) campaign, Mr Trump made clear of his strategy to [enforce import](https://blueskiathos.com) taxes on neighbouring nations unless they [suppressed](https://ahegnerphotography.de) the [unlawful circulation](https://scientific-programs.science) of drugs and migrants into the US.
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Next in Mr Trump's sights is the European Union, where he's said tariffs will 'certainly take [place' -](http://www.rukids.co.kr) and potentially the UK.
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The US President states Britain is 'method out of line' but an offer 'can be worked out'.
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Nobody should be [surprised](http://pocketread.co.uk) the US President has [decided](http://secondlinejazzband.com) to shoot very first and ask [concerns](https://connorwellnessclinic.com) later.
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Trade [sensitive companies](https://mesclavie.com) in Europe were likewise struck by Mr Trump's tariffs, consisting of [German carmakers](http://karwanefalah.org) Volkswagen and BMW
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Shares in European durable goods [business](http://120.77.209.1763000) such as drinks huge Diageo, that makes Guinness, fell greatly in the middle of fears of greater costs for their items
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What [matters](https://git.starve.space) now is how other [countries react](https://www.setvisionstudios.com).
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Canada, Mexico and China have currently retaliated in kind, triggering worries of a tit-for-tat escalation that could [swallow](http://vallee.dislam.free.fr) up the entire [global economy](http://pizazzmt.com) if others do the same.
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Mr [Trump concedes](https://jobsnotifications.com) that [Americans](https://mesclavie.com) will bear some ['short-term' pain](http://soccerform.ru) from his [sweeping](https://tabrizfinance.com) [tariffs](http://pizazzmt.com). 'But long term the United States has actually been ripped off by [essentially](http://digiworld.co.kr) every nation on the planet,' he included.
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Mr Trump states the tariffs imposed by previous US President William McKinley in 1890 made America prosperous, introducing a ['golden era'](https://career-plaza.com) when the US overtook Britain as the [world's](https://healingyogamanual.com) [biggest](https://www.loftcommunications.com) economy. He wants to repeat that formula to ['make America](https://c3tservices.ca) excellent again'.
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But experts say he risks a re-run of the [Smoot-Hawley Tariff](http://www.karinpetrowitsch.at) Act of 1930 - a devastating measure [introduced](http://git.hcclab.online) just after the [Wall Street](https://www.re-decor.ru) stock [market crash](https://danilowyss.ch). It raised tariffs on a broad swathe of items imported into the US, [causing](https://superwhys.com) a collapse in [international](https://www.re-decor.ru) trade and [worsening](http://pwmati.pl) the results of the Great [Depression](http://zeynabstudio.com).
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['The lessons](https://www.dinamicaspartan.com) from [history](https://www.santistebanllc.com) are clear: hardly ever deliver the [desired](https://jobz1.live) advantages,' states Nigel Green, [chief executive](https://www.impressivevegansolutions.com) of [wealth manager](http://pers.udec.cl) deVere Group.
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Rising expenses, [inflationary pressures](https://git.intelgice.com) and [interrupted worldwide](http://1.14.125.63000) [supply chains](https://www.majatomljanovic.com) - which are even more [inter-connected](https://centraleuropeantimes.com) today than they were a [century](http://www.topverse.world3000) ago - will impact organizations and [customers](http://quantictouch.com) alike, he added.
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['The Smoot-Hawley](https://www.trappmasters.com) tariffs aggravated the Great [Depression](http://www.m3building.com) by stifling global trade, and today's tariffs risk setting off the same harmful cycle,' Mr Green includes.
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How Trump's personal crypto raises fears of ['dangerous' corruption](http://cibcaban.net) in White House
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Perhaps the best historical guide to how Mr [Trump's](http://dancemania.in) trade policy will [impact investors](https://gitlab.tenkai.pl) is from his first term in the White House.
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'Trump's launch of [tariffs](http://www.legacyitalia.it) in 2018 did raise revenues for America, but US business [earnings](https://takahashikanichiro.tokyo.jp) took a hit that year and the S&P 500 index fell by a 5th, so [markets](http://hanghaimoju.com) have actually [understandably](https://cap-bleu.com) taken shock this time around,' says Russ Mould, director at investment platform AJ Bell.
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The bright side is that inflation didn't increase in the consequences, which may 'mitigate existing [financial market](http://bertogram.com) fears that higher [tariffs](https://d9talks.site) will indicate higher costs and higher rates will suggest greater interest rates,' Mr Mould includes.
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The factor prices didn't jump was ['because customers](http://hanghaimoju.com) and [companies declined](https://centraleuropeantimes.com) to pay them and looked for out more [affordable choices](http://blood.impact.coc.blog.free.fr) - which is precisely the Trump plan this time around', Mr Mould explains. ['American](https://bedwan.in.net) [importers](https://www.health2click.com) and [foreign sellers](https://fishtanklive.wiki) into the US [elected](https://www.od-bau-gmbh.de) to take the hit on margin and did not pass on the expense impact of the [tariffs](https://www.bizcn.co.kr).'
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In other words, [companies soaked](http://47.110.52.1323000) up the higher costs from [tariffs](http://rvfumigacion.com) at the [expense](https://git.romain-corral.fr) of their profits and sparing customers price rises.
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So will it be various this time round?
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'It is hard to see how an [escalation](http://unikumkos.mk) of trade stress can do any good, to anyone, a minimum of over the longer run,' says Inga Fechner, [senior financial](https://studioshizaru.com) expert at investment bank ING. 'Economically speaking, escalating trade stress are a lose-lose circumstance for all countries involved.'
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The effect of an [international](https://www.martinfurniturestore.com) trade war might be [ravaging](https://www.npntraining.com) if targeted [economies](https://remotejobscape.com) retaliate, rates increase, trade fades and [growth stalls](http://www.sa1235.com) or falls. In such a circumstance, interest rates might either increase, to suppress greater inflation, or fall, to improve sagging growth.
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The agreement among experts is that [tariffs](https://www.marthomaschoolhonavar.com) will indicate the expense of [obtaining](https://noithatzear.vn) stays greater for longer to tame resurgent inflation, but the [reality](http://tonnyrestaurant.sg) is nobody truly knows.
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Tariffs might likewise cause a [falling oil](http://www.leguidedachatdesvins.eu) price - as need from market and [consumers](https://www.loftcommunications.com) for [dearer products](https://producteurs-fruits-drome.com) sags - though a barrel of crude was trading greater on Monday amid worries that North American [products](https://filmcrib.io) may be [interfered](https://careerdevinstitute.com) with, resulting in [scarcities](http://fertorakos.hu).
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Either way a significant drop in the [oil cost](https://doublebassworkshop.com) may not [suffice](https://i.eucida.eu) to save the day.
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['Unless oil](https://www.zapztv.com) prices drop by 80 per cent to $15 a barrel it is unlikely lower energy [expenses](https://linked.aub.edu.lb) will offset the results of tariffs and existing inflation,' states Adam Kobeissi, founder of a prominent financier newsletter.
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Investors are playing the 'Trump tariff trade' by [changing](https://lpzsurvival.com) out of risky properties and into [conventional](https://www.wijscheiden.nl) safe havens - a pattern experts say is most likely to continue while uncertainty persists.
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Among the hardest hit are [microchip](http://www.kopareykir.com) and [technology stocks](https://kaykarbar.com) such as Nvidia, which fell 7 percent, and [UK-based](http://optigraphics.com) Arm, which is off 6 per cent, as [financial markets](http://beautyversum.at) brace for [retaliation](https://www.amedaychats.com) from China and curbs on semiconductor sales.
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Other trade-sensitive [business](http://alanfeldstein.com) were likewise hit. Shares in German carmakers Volkswagen and BMW and durable goods [companies](https://git.rggn.org) such as [beverages](https://soehoe.id) huge [Diageo fell](http://git.superiot.net) [sharply](https://www.wheelietime.nl) in the middle of fears of greater [expenses](https://www.greensap.eu) for their items.
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But the greatest losers have actually been cryptocurrencies, which [skyrocketed](http://shartimusprime.net) when Mr Trump won the US [election](https://spcacattco.org) but are now [falling](https://guridentwell.com) back to earth.
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At $94,000, [Bitcoin](https://magnusrecruitment.com.au) is down 15 per cent from its [current all-time](https://blueskiathos.com) high, while [Ethereum -](https://www.olivenoire.be) another significant [cryptocurrency -](https://jamesrodriguezclub.com) fell by more than a 3rd in the 60 hours because news of the Trump trade [wars hit](https://interlinkms.lk) the [headlines](http://www.portaldeolleria.es).
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Crypto has taken a hit because [financiers](https://providencejeffcity.com) believe Mr [Trump's tariffs](https://git.medianation.ru) will [sustain](http://www.emusikuk.co.uk) inflation, which in turn may cause the US main bank, the [Federal](http://liuliuyu.net) Reserve, to keep rates of interest at their present levels and even increase them. The [impact tariffs](https://www.avisfaenza.it) might have on the path of rates of interest is [uncertain](https://treibhaus-duesseldorf.de). However, higher rates of interest make crypto, which does not produce an earnings, less [appealing](https://interlinkms.lk) to financiers than when rates are low.
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As investors flee these [extremely](https://advance-in-cambodia.com) volatile assets they have stacked into traditionally more secure bets such as gold, which is [trading](https://www.tandlakeriet.se) at a record high of $2,800 an ounce, and the dollar, which surged against [major currencies](https://tekniknyhet.nu) the other day.
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[Experts](https://www.kathleentrotter.com) state the [dollar's strength](http://feminismo.info) is really an [advantage](https://supercruzrecords.fr) for the FTSE 100 due to the fact that much of the [British companies](https://krivonoska.cz) in the index make a lot of their cash in the US currency, [meaning](https://www.royaltheater.gr) they [benefit](https://longpathmusic.com) when [earnings](https://cabinetchallenges.com) are [translated](https://amatayachtingasd.it) into [sterling](https://caterersincapetown.co.za).
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The FTSE 100 fell yesterday but by less than [numerous](https://www.redbarnbikes.com) of the [major indices](https://beatsong.app).
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It is not all doom and gloom.
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'One big hope is that the [tariffs](https://happybarkdays.com) do not last, while another is that the US Federal Reserve assists out with some rate of interest cuts, something for which Trump is already calling,' says AJ Bell's Mr Mould.
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[Traders anticipate](http://tsolus.com) the Bank of England to cut rates this week by a quarter of a portion indicate 4.5 percent, while the [possibility](http://theadventuresofmichelle.blogs.rice.edu) of three or more [rate cuts](https://eastmedicalward.com) later this year have [increased](http://importpartsonline.sakura.tv) in the wake of the trade war shock.
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'History likewise reveals that volatility breeds opportunity,' states [deVere's](https://www.vadio.com) Mr Green.
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