(In trade-dependent Oregon, Trump’s tariffs might reverberate, Nov. 10) While concerns about President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs center on the cost to consumers, they may have a greater impact on manufacturers for overseas markets and hit Oregon’s export-oriented economy particularly hard.
This is due to the fact that hefty, broad-based tariffs will create market forces and/or fiat devaluations of the currencies in the impacted nations. Our exports to all trading partners (if the tariffs are applied uniformly) or to nations like China (if they are targeted at our strategic rivals) will become more expensive as a result. In any event, we may anticipate significant challenges for key economic sectors, starting with semiconductors and agriculture, given our economy’s reliance on exports and China’s status as a trade partner.
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