Unintended effects of Trump’s trade policy beginning to emerge

Unintended effects of Trump’s trade policy beginning to emerge

Two months ago, I predicted that President Trump’s attempts to pick winners and losers in the marketplace would ultimately fail. No single person or government department has enough information to capably steer the market, and ad hoc deals establish a poor business climate. In addition, interventions, like trade regulations in the form of tariffs or deals made to benefit specific corporations, have unintended consequences.