The standard economic result of protectionist trade policy is an increase in inflation. Despite seeing just how politically potent this was on the campaign trail, Trump doesn’t seem to care, preferring instead to widely threaten tariffs. This is good news in the short term for the US dollar, which made further advances over its rivals yesterday.
EUR/USD: the past year
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