Six months into President Trump’s second term, his aggressive tariff policies and volatile trade threats continue to disrupt the global economy. At a recent webinar hosted by the National Press Foundation, and sponsored by the Hinrich Foundation, four experts — Deborah Elms, David Lynch, Dennis Shea, and Jeffrey Schwab — offered insights into the mounting economic uncertainty and legal challenges stemming from Trump’s approach to trade.
Watch the webinar:
Deborah Elms, Head of Trade Policy at the Hinrich Foundation, emphasized the cumulative instability caused by Trump’s actions. “We have had an unbelievable amount of trade disruption,” she said, warning that the situation is far from stabilizing. “Are those ripples in that pool going to ever calm down or are we going to continue to have this disordered number of waves crashing back and forth?” Elms predicted…
