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<br>It's been another 'Manic Monday' for savers and financiers.<br>
<br>Having gotten up at the start of last week to the game-changing news that an unidentified Chinese start-up had developed an inexpensive artificial intelligence ([AI](https://festival2021.videoformes.com)) chatbot, they learned over the weekend that [Donald Trump](http://kc-inc.us) actually was going to bring out his hazard of launching a full-blown trade war.<br>
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<br>But whereas that sell-off was mainly confined to [AI](http://zerovalueentertainment.com:3000) and other innovation stocks, this time the impacts of a possibly drawn-out trade war could be far more damaging and widespread, and perhaps plunge the international economy - consisting of the UK - into a slump.<br>
<br>And the choice to postpone the tariffs on Mexico for one month provided only partial break on global markets.<br>
<br>So how should British financiers play this extremely unpredictable and unforeseeable situation? What are the sectors and assets to prevent, and who or what might emerge as winners?<br>
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<br>President Donald Trump speaking to reporters in Washington today after Air Force One touched down at Joint Base Andrews<br>
<br>These could be worth as much as $250billion a year, or 0.8 per cent of US GDP, according to experts at Capital Economics.<br>
<br>Canada, Mexico and China together [represent](https://bharataawaz.com) $1.3 trillion - or 42 per cent - of the $3.1 trillion of items imported into the US in 2023.<br>
<br>Most economic experts dislike tariffs, mainly because they trigger inflation when companies hand down their increased import costs to customers, sending rates higher.<br>
<br>But Mr Trump loves them - he has actually [explained tariff](https://www.alex-bud.com.ua) as 'the most gorgeous word in the dictionary'.<br>
<br>In his current election campaign, Mr Trump made no trick of his strategy to impose import taxes on neighbouring nations unless they curbed the illegal flow of drugs and migrants into the US.<br>
<br>Next in Mr Trump's sights is the European Union, where he's said tariffs will 'certainly take place' - and potentially the UK.<br>
<br>The US President states [Britain](http://ybsangga.innobox.co.kr) is 'way out of line' however a deal 'can be worked out'.<br>
<br>Nobody ought to be shocked the US President has actually chosen to shoot very first and ask concerns later on.<br>
<br>Trade [sensitive business](http://nepalpharmacy.com) in Europe were also hit by Mr Trump's tariffs, consisting of German carmakers Volkswagen and BMW<br>
<br>Shares in European durable goods business such as beverages giant Diageo, which makes Guinness, fell sharply amidst fears of higher expenses for their products<br>
<br>What matters now is how other nations react.<br>
<br>Canada, Mexico and China have actually already retaliated in kind, triggering worries of a tit-for-tat escalation that might engulf the entire [international economy](http://www2q.biglobe.ne.jp) if others follow suit.<br>
<br>Mr Trump concedes that Americans will bear some ['short term'](http://laviejoyeuse.net) pain from his [sweeping tariffs](https://bananalnarepublika.com). 'But long term the United States has actually been duped by essentially every nation on the planet,' he added.<br>
<br>Mr Trump states the [tariffs enforced](https://gitlab.projcont.red-m.net) by previous US President William McKinley in 1890 made America thriving, ushering in a 'golden era' when the US surpassed Britain as the world's most significant economy. He wants to duplicate that formula to 'make America excellent again'.<br>
<br>But specialists say he runs the risk of a re-run of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 - a devastating measure presented simply after the Wall Street stock market crash. It raised tariffs on a broad swathe of items [imported](http://goutergallery.com) into the US, causing a [collapse](https://reignsupremesports.com) in worldwide trade and worsening the impacts of the Great Depression.<br>
<br>'The lessons from history are clear: protectionist policies rarely deliver the desired advantages,' states Nigel Green, primary executive of wealth manager deVere Group.<br>
<br>Rising expenses, inflationary pressures and interrupted international supply chains - which are much more inter-connected today than they were a century ago - will affect services and customers alike, he added.<br>
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<br>Perhaps the very best historic guide to how Mr Trump's trade policy will [affect investors](http://www.taihangqishi.com) is from his first term in the White House.<br>
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<br>The great news is that inflation didn't increase in the aftermath, which may 'mitigate present financial market fears that higher [tariffs](https://icetcanada.org) will indicate higher costs and greater rates will imply greater interest rates,' Mr Mould includes.<br>
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<br>To put it simply, business soaked up the higher costs from tariffs at the cost of their profits and sparing customers cost increases.<br>
<br>So will it be different this time round?<br>
<br>'It is tough to see how an [escalation](http://git.qwerin.cz) of trade tensions can do any good, to anyone, a minimum of over the longer run,' states Inga Fechner, senior economic expert at financial investment bank ING. 'Economically speaking, intensifying trade stress are a lose-lose situation for all countries involved.'<br>
<br>The effect of a global trade war could be devastating if targeted economies retaliate, prices rise, trade fades and [development stalls](https://www.milegajob.com) or falls. In such a situation, rates of interest could either rise, to curb higher inflation, or fall, to enhance drooping growth.<br>
<br>The consensus amongst professionals is that [tariffs](https://lawbank.asia) will imply the cost of obtaining stays higher for longer to tame resurgent inflation, but the truth is no one actually knows.<br>
<br> might likewise lead to a falling oil price - as need from industry and consumers for dearer items sags - though a barrel of crude was trading higher on Monday amid worries that North American materials may be disrupted, resulting in lacks.<br>
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<br>'Unless oil [rates visit](https://mahmoud80lucas.edublogs.org) 80 per cent to $15 a barrel it is unlikely lower energy costs will offset the results of tariffs and [existing](https://edge1.co.kr) inflation,' states Adam Kobeissi, [creator](http://mppee.gob.ve) of a prominent investor newsletter.<br>
<br>Investors are playing the 'Trump tariff trade' by switching out of risky properties and into conventional safe houses - a pattern experts state is likely to continue while uncertainty persists.<br>
<br>Among the hardest hit are microchip and innovation stocks such as Nvidia, which fell 7 percent, and UK-based Arm, which is off 6 per cent, as [monetary markets](http://new.waskunst.com) brace for retaliation from China and curbs on semiconductor sales.<br>
<br>Other trade-sensitive companies were likewise hit. Shares in German carmakers Volkswagen and BMW and consumer items companies such as [drinks giant](http://www.dvision-prepress.de) Diageo fell greatly in the middle of fears of greater [expenses](http://www.sikimira.com) for their items.<br>
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<br>At $94,000, Bitcoin is down 15 percent from its current all-time high, while Ethereum - another major cryptocurrency - fell by more than a third in the 60 hours considering that news of the Trump trade wars struck the headlines.<br>
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<br>The FTSE 100 fell the other day however by less than a number of the significant indices.<br>
<br>It is not all doom and gloom.<br>
<br>'One huge hope is that the tariffs do not last, while another is that the US Federal Reserve [assists](https://bhavyabarcode.com) out with some interest rate cuts, something for which Trump is already calling,' states [AJ Bell's](https://insaoviet.net) Mr Mould.<br>
<br>Traders expect the Bank of England to [cut rates](http://osteo-vital.com) today by a quarter of a percentage indicate 4.5 percent, while the chance of three or more rate cuts later this year have increased in the wake of the trade war shock.<br>
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