De acordo com reportagem do (Washington Post) na noite de ontem (6), às vésperas da posse oficial de Trump, no dia 20 deste mês, três fontes revelaram que a equipe de Trump está discutindo planos tarifários aplicáveis a cada país. de alguns bens essenciais, indicando que as futuras políticas tarifárias de Trump poderão não ser tão duras como prometido.
Mesmo antes de vencer as eleições em Novembro do ano passado, o presidente eleito dos EUA, Trump, já tinha passado vários cheques ao povo americano, incluindo a adopção de uma política tarifária abrangente que imporia uma taxa de até 10% ou 20% sobre todos os bens importados para o país. Tarifas dos Estados Unidos para proteger a economia dos EUA e os interesses do povo americano.
Trump reportedly only targets key goods for tariffs.
However, according to a report from (The Washington Post) late yesterday (6th), just before Trump is officially inaugurated on the 20th of this month, three sources revealed that the Trump team is discussing a tariff plan applicable to each country, which may only target imports of certain key goods, indicating that Trump's future tariff policy may not be as tough as he promised.
(The Washington Post) continues to point out that the tariff discussions currently being held by the Trump team are not aimed at all goods, but focus on those considered crucial to the economic security of the United States, such as the defense industrial supply chain, critical medical supplies, and energy production materials.
Trump responds: No tariff cuts.
However, regarding the report from (The Washington Post), Trump himself later responded on his social platform Truth Social, stating that the report is not true, and his tariff policy will not be cut, leaving people confused.
(The Washington Post) reports cited unreliable sources, falsely claiming that I would cut tariff policies. This is just a typical fake news.
Additionally, Trump transition team spokesperson Brian Hughes also stated:
Trump promised to implement tariff policies to protect American manufacturing and labor from unfair treatment by foreign companies. Just as he did in his first term, he will make our country more prosperous and better through economic and tariff policies.
The US dollar fell in response.
We know that previously, due to the uncertainty brought by Trump's potential tariff policies and the Federal Reserve reducing its expectations for interest rate cuts this year, the US dollar has been rising continuously since October last year, peaking above 109.5 points on January 2.
However, after news emerged yesterday that Trump's tariff policy may become relatively lenient, the US dollar index also fell in response, currently reaching 108.364 points.
US dollar index. Source: TradingView.
US stocks motivated, chip stocks soar.
The US stock market may be stimulated, coupled with the surge in chip stocks (NVIDIA closed up 3.43%, at $149.43, setting a new high, and TSMC ADR also surged by 5.46%, creating a new historical closing high), welcoming an increase after the opening on Monday. The four major US indices performed as follows:
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 25.57 points, or 0.06%, closing at 42,706.56 points.
The S&P 500 index rose by 32.91 points, or 0.55%, closing at 5,975.38 points.
The Nasdaq index rose by 243.30 points, or 1.24%, closing at 19,864.98 points.
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rose by 146.50 points, or 2.84%, closing at 5,310.14 points.
Bitcoin breaks $102,000.
On the cryptocurrency front, Bitcoin surged alongside the opening of the US stock market, quickly breaking the $100,000 mark after 22:30 last night, and earlier reached a high of $102,750. At the time of writing, it has fallen back to $101,891, with a nearly 24-hour increase of 3.88%.
