Doing nothing is ‘least costly’ response to US tariffs – BoF blog

Costs will be borne by American firms and households, Bank of Finland analysis shows

China-US trade tariffs

Trade partners of the US would be best served by not responding in kind to any tariffs imposed by president-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, according to a senior economist at the Bank of Finland (BoF).

In a blogpost published yesterday (November 11), Sanna Kurronen recalls a paper from the Peterson Institute for International Economics, published in September. This showed how, between now and 2028, a blanket 10% tariff on imports imposed by the US would cumulatively reduce Germany’s

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