America risks financial credibility with payments deficit obsession
Imposing tariffs in response threatens to create a problem where none exists
Imposing tariffs in response threatens to create a problem where none exists

Damage caused by US tariffs has so far been muted but that won’t last

Rising public debt is one concern — another is how it is being financed

Total economic and financial insulation is an impossibility

Trump’s tariff war brings with it unpredictability and a consequent loss of confidence

Allies have learnt that partnership with Trump’s US can endanger them

For the first time, investors are talking about ‘US risk’