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Looser fiscal policy and tighter monetary policy should, as in former President Ronald Reagan’s first term, strengthen the dollar; but if Trump pushes the US toward protectionism, he will generate economic and geopolitical tail risks that would weaken the dollar and increase US country risk.
But investors will be on the lookout for protectionism, Wall Street- and immigrant-bashing, and overly aggressive monetary hawkishness.
Potential obstacles abound: more aggressive monetary tightening, especially in the United States; a further escalation of protectionism; a harder-than-expected economic landing in China; and a return of tensions in the eurozone, triggered by concerns over the fate of Italian finances.
Moreover, Trump’s plans to increase
protectionism
and sharply reduce immigration, if realized, would both have significant adverse effects on growth (though, to be fair, the proposal to have the composition of immigration more closely match the economy’s needs is what most countries, including Canada and Australia, already do).
Some economists dismiss such complaints as merely fuel for
protectionism.
With or without American protectionism, Asia's technological capacities and incomes will grow.
If
protectionism
really is on his agenda, then we must assume that capital controls are, too.
But the costs of
protectionism
in trade and finance are especially large at moments like these.
Despite recent crises and the hard blow dealt by the Brexit vote, the EU may well be the world’s best line of defense against today’s most serious threats: isolationism, protectionism, nationalism, and extremism in all forms, all of which are once again growing in Europe and beyond.
Congress plays a large role in trade policy, and the near certainty that the Democratic Party’s majority in Congress will grow after the election means that
protectionism
will grow as well.
Moreover, pulling the plug on the euro could unleash the dark forces of nationalism and
protectionism.
Thus, economic theory tells us that
protectionism
would be especially harmful for the US.
Countries that deliberately avoided world markets through heavy
protectionism
lost out in the past twenty years.
The Outsourcing BogeymanNEW YORK – Outsourcing of services has been a persistent cause of panic and
protectionism
in recent years, especially in the United States since the 2004 presidential election.
At their November 2008 summit the G-20 leaders strongly condemned
protectionism
and committed themselves not to engage in it.
That fact alone makes
protectionism
seem less risky.
If Trump takes his
protectionism
too far, he will undoubtedly spark trade wars.
Fourth, Trump’s actions suggest that his administration’s economic interventionism will go beyond traditional
protectionism.
Markets are already becoming wary; full-blown panic is likely if
protectionism
and reckless, politicized monetary policy precipitate trade, currency, and capital-control wars.
Western democracies are facing serious internal threats – most notably, populist forces espousing dangerous policies like trade
protectionism
– that have risen largely in response to these systems’ failure to manage problems such as income inequality, political polarization, rising debt, and failing infrastructure.
Trump’s “America First” policies represent a misguided return to the naked nationalism and
protectionism
of a bygone era.
The world lurches towards a currency war, or even towards trade protectionism, threatening to destroy jobs and growth.
But populist calls for nationalist policies, including trade protectionism, have intensified those headwinds considerably.
Data localization requirements and
protectionism
are on the rise, and data privacy and cyber-security are pressing concerns.
Unfortunately, the response to populist gains so far has been similar to the beggar-thy-neighbor response to
protectionism
in the 1930s, with each country trying to shift the problem on to others until it comes back to bite everyone.
True, no great war has erupted, and we have more or less avoided the mistakes of the Great Depression, which led in the 1930s to greater protectionism, bank failures, severe austerity, and a deflationary environment.
Low world commodities prices and
protectionism
against Argentina’s agricultural exports are additional factors.
Americans find it difficult to understand why Europeans insist on such restrictions, and accuse the EU of practicing bio-trade
protectionism.
For example, on trade, there has been a remarkable commitment to efforts – largely successful – to avoid significant backsliding into
protectionism.
This time, Trump’s
protectionism
could make matters even worse, especially for countries such as Mexico and Turkey, which have based their development strategies on rapidly expanding exports and have financed domestic business activity with dollar debts.
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