U.S. small manufacturers hope to benefit from tariffs, but some worry about uncertainty

Trump tariff worries spur record overseas demand for JGBs

By Kevin Buckland (Reuters) -The longest-dated Japanese government bonds attracted record foreign demand last month as money shifted out of U.S. debt in search of other safe havens as President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariffs sparked concerns of a U.S. recession. Overseas investors scooped up some 2.18 trillion yen ($15.49 billion) of JGBs with maturities of more than 10 years in March, figures released by the Japan Securities Dealers Associat…

RHB: AMMB faces potential risks from US tariffs and M&A uncertainty

KUALA LUMPUR: AMMB Holdings Bhd’s sizeable exposure to the trade and manufacturing sectors could heighten its susceptibility to potential US tariff risks, according to RHB Research. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd

If the United States balanced its external accounts and killed the goose that lays the golden eggs, it would no longer have the “international seignorage” led by the dollar.

Fareed’s take: Trump’s tariffs are a doomed effort to restore past manufacturing glory

President Trump has taken a booming economy and upended it with massive tariff hikes in an attempt to protect manufacturing. Fareed says that this backward-looking effort recalls another from American history: the Smoot-Hawley tariffs of 1930, which tried to protect a declining agricultural industry. These tariffs represent a politics of nostalgia that only hurts Americans, Fareed argues.

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell 'not yet convinced' Trump's tariffs will benefit Kentuckians

Mitch McConnell, the longest serving U.S. Senator in Kentucky history, spoke about his efforts to pass an estate tax exemption to support Kentucky farmers during the event in Glasgow on Thursday.(Jacob Martin / WKU Public Radio) U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell says he remains skeptical about President Trump's tariffs on foreign goods. McConnell spoke to the Glasgow-Barren County Rotary Club on Thursday. During his remarks, he highlighted his experienc…

U.S. small manufacturers hope to benefit from tariffs, but some worry about uncertainty

The Trump administration has called U.S. manufacturing an “economic and national security” priority and says tariffs will force companies to have more products made in the U.S. to avoid steep price increases on their imports, leading to “better-paying American jobs,” for people making cars, applianc