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The IMF recommends coordinated efforts to reduce trade barriers and industrial-policy distortions to address US trade deficits and global supply chain disruptions.
- On Wednesday, the IMF urged the United States to work with trading partners to mutually ease trade curbs in its Article IV consultation.
- During the first year of Trump's second presidency, the IMF noted the Trump administration's tariffs have roiled supply chains and markets, and shared concern about the US trade and current-account deficit being `too big`.
- The IMF said the US economy was `buoyant` but warned trade policy uncertainty could impact growth, projecting 2.6 percent in 2026, up from last year's 2.2 percent, after Georgieva met with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell before the report's release.
- Rising public debt and short-term borrowing prompted the IMF's stability warning, noting its report preceded the U.S. Supreme Court striking down many of Trump's tariffs last Friday.
- Building on 2024 advice, the IMF urged unwinding trade obstacles and applying national security exceptions for trade measures narrowly.
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday called on Washington to work with its trading partners to find a common path to reduce trade tensions, as it released its annual economic analysis of the United States, which is forecasting 2.6 percent GDP growth this year, up from 2.2 percent last year.
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IMF urges US to work with partners to ease trade restrictions
"Where trade and investment measures (including tariffs and export controls) are put in place for national security reasons, such policies should be applied narrowly," IMF urged.
IMF Urges US to Ease Trade Restrictions - THE DESTINATION
ISLAMABAD: (Web Desk) -The International Monetary Fund has urged the United States to engage constructively with its trading partners and work toward easing trade restrictions that are disrupting global markets. The recommendation came as part of the IMF’s annual review of the world’s largest economy. The assessment covered the first year of Donald Trump’s second […] The post IMF Urges US to Ease Trade Restrictions appeared first on THE DESTINAT…
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The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday called on the United States to work with its trading partners and seek ways to mutually ease trade restrictions, as part of the… IMF: Calls for easing of trade restrictions by the US - ΙΝΑΦΤΕΜΟΠΟΡΙΚΙ
Washington should work constructively with its partners “to address concerns about unfair trade practices and agree on a coordinated reduction of trade restrictions and industrial policy distortions that have negative cross-border effects,” the IMF stated. This is part of the institution’s analysis of the world’s largest economy during the first year of Donald Trump’s second term. “When trade and investment measures (including tariffs and export…
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