HILARY JOFFE: What the tariff turmoil means for our small, open economy
It’s more urgent than ever for this country to pull the levers it has at home to grow the economy
11 April 2025 - 05:00
In these crazy days it seems hard to write anything about economics that won’t be overtaken within days, if not hours.
On Wednesday US President Donald Trump backed down on his shock “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs just hours after they came into effect, in the face of a market meltdown that threatened to turn into a full-scale global financial crisis as well as pushback even from some of the US business leaders who supported his election...
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