Expected M&A Wave Waits for Trump Trade Deals
- Trade tariffs have become disruptive, destabilizing global business operations in today's interconnected trade environment.
- Rapid, large-scale tariffs trigger retaliation, regulatory scrutiny, and inflated supply chain costs, impacting international suppliers.
- These tariffs can cause shipment delays, extend lead times, reduce customer demand, and instigate government investigations.
- Moody's stated that tariffs imposed rapidly and at scale can trigger retaliatory actions and inflate costs across supply chains.
- Businesses are rethinking sourcing strategies and building supply chain resilience to mitigate potential risks like higher costs.
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New Jersey Warehouse Filled With Copper Shows Trump Tariff Risk
Jay Richman, the owner of E.W. Berger & Bro, has been loading up on copper plumbing parts to get ahead of possible US import tariffs — filling his warehouse with extra fasteners, fittings and tubing made from the red metal.
Global supply chain ‘already’ screeching to a halt on Trump tariffs
President Trump is signaling there may be more tariffs to come and there are growing concerns about how they will impact manufacturing. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez and Brian Cheung and co-host of Bloomberg Businessweek Tim Stenovec join José Díaz-Balart to break it all down and share their economic analysis.
Expected M&A Wave Waits for Trump Trade Deals
Coffee’s for closers, and few are willing to pour the java until President Trump takes the first sip. Tariff-induced uncertainty and related market jitters have stalled what was expected to be a rebound year for mergers and acquisitions, and dealmakers are now reportedly eyeing the second half of 2025 to resume talks. Make M&A Great Again Expectations for a revival in M&A activity were heightened in late 2024/early 2025, with dealmakers and indu…
Trump and the Domestic Effects of Tariffs
The U.S. President’s decision to set a 90-day hike in global tariffs announced at the beginning of the month brought some relief to markets last week. The move, however, did not take the situation back to April 1, but left a base tariff set for all affected countries – with the exception of China – of 10%, the minimum set by Donald Trump on April 2. “People were getting nervous, they were getting a little scared,” the President said.


Tariffs are reshaping global supply chains – here’s how companies can respond
In today’s interconnected trade environment, tariffs have moved beyond mere instruments of policy negotiation to become disruptive forces capable of destabilising global business operations.
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