Trade, Tariffs, and Soybeans
Trump has consistently claimed that exporters, those countries who are “ripping us off,” are paying the tariffs. However, the actual data tell a different story.
Even amidst yesterday's stock market rally, Citigroup's shares fell; it lost more than half its value in four days. Here is what today's New York Times has to say:
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The fact that there is no run on Citi, though, indicates that there needn't be a government bailout, as Yves Smith has pointed out on Naked Capitalism:
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