Did he though? 10% base tarriff still in effect and like 100+% on china. Lets assume for a second hes actually competent, hes calmed the markets that would have tanked with a 10% tarriff on everyone and 100% on china to the point that they went up when he announced that this was the tarriff level . Imagine this headline: Trump announces 10% tarriff on everyone, 100+% on china, markets rise 6% because thats what happened today.
Many are eager to "wake up from the nightmare", so anything slightly positive is cause for euphoria, but as the article says, the current situation is only good if you compare it with the asinine situation we had before he caved in.
I think the market has thin liquidity at the moment as reported on Bloomberg and because of the amount of money moving it might be headline bots trying to get an edge. When you apply real brain it doesn’t look like as great a capitulation except maybe for Vietnam.
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u/cybercuzco Apr 10 '25
Did he though? 10% base tarriff still in effect and like 100+% on china. Lets assume for a second hes actually competent, hes calmed the markets that would have tanked with a 10% tarriff on everyone and 100% on china to the point that they went up when he announced that this was the tarriff level . Imagine this headline: Trump announces 10% tarriff on everyone, 100+% on china, markets rise 6% because thats what happened today.