Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff push sees firms rushing to West Asia with manufacturing units

Trump's "Liberation Day" Tariffs are a Mistake

President Trump has declared today “Liberation Day,” because many of his tariffs come into force. His team is taking a gamble that either the law of supply and demand does not apply to trade or that the American public will be uncharacteristically fine with higher prices.

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff push sees firms rushing to West Asia with manufacturing units

Following the 2018 tariffs, firms manufacturing goods in China initially expanded into Asian countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia, and India. However, the current uncertainty surrounding trade policy has made planning unpredictable, with the potential to reshape the global industrial landscape

‘Liberation Day will not feel very liberating for those caught in the eye of tariff storm,’ shipping analyst says

Carriers and shippers face quandary of where to source shipments as US policy redraws freight map

From Asia to Europe, Trump’s trade offensive redraws global manufacturing map

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The Liberation Day marks the next escalation in the trade dispute for the EU. Trump's announced tariffs are already troubling the German economy.

Liberation Day triggers panic mode for manufacturers

The difficulty in comparing “hard” versus “soft” data is that sentiment influences decisions that will eventually bear out in the hard data.