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Trump’s tariffs and the emerging market economies

Steve Kamin says EMEs are likely to escape the worst outcomes from capricious and chaotic trade policy

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The dollar has weakened against emerging market currencies since ‘Liberation Day’

Since president Trump declared ‘Liberation Day’ on April 2, the dark clouds already looming on the horizon of the global economy have grown thicker and darker. Given their substantial dependence on world trade, as well as their greater economic and financial vulnerabilities, the emerging market economies (EMEs) could be especially hard-hit by the Trump administration’s new trade policies. As I will argue below, however, there is a reasonable chance that Trump can impose a ‘new normal’ of higher

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