Trade uncertainty has risen at an alarming rate. This is why

Tariff threats, hikes, and retaliations have become a major source of economic uncertainty. Image: REUTERS/Johannes Eisele
Scott Baker
Associate Professor of Finance Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Nicholas Bloom
Professor of Economics , Stanford University
Steven Davis
William H. Abbott Distinguished Service Professor of International Business and Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution

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