Trump's erratic trade policies are baffling businesses, threatening investment and growth

‘Erratic’ US tariffs policy shreds Australian shares

Australian stocks have tumbled back under 8000 points amid confusion about US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and growing investor reassessment of his policy agenda.

Trump's Erratic Trade Policies Are Baffling Businesses, Threatening Investment And Economic Growth

Trump’s ever-changing, on-again, off-again tariff war is baffling businesses and causing them to delay or cancel the investments that help drive economic growth.

Why Trump’s agenda does not add up

Trump’s protectionist trade war has shocked the world. His deregulation agenda pleases business and investors. It will struggle to hold together.

Marc Rosenberg, founder and CEO of The Edge Desk in Deerfield, Illinois, prepares to present an elegant ergonomic chair designed to reduce customer back pain and increase their productivity.

President Trump’s erratic trade policies are baffling businesses, threatening investment and economic growth

WASHINGTON — Marc Rosenberg, founder and CEO of The Edge Desk in Deerfield, Illinois is getting ready to introduce a fancy ergonomic chair designed to reduce customers’ back pain and boost their productivity. He figures the most expensive one will sell for more than $1,000. But he can’t settle on a price, and he is reluctantly reducing the shipment he’s bringing to the United States from China. There’s a reason for his caution: President Donald …

Trump's erratic trade policies are baffling businesses, threatening investment and growth

Trade wars complicate the decisions businesses make — which suppliers to use, where to locate factories, what to charge.