If the US introduces an across-the-board tariff or border adjustment tax, world trade would not com to a standstill. We suspect that other governments would tread carefully before ratcheting up a trade war, but that they would eventually retaliate in some form. The resulting increase in the cost of trade, and in uncertainty over future trade policy, would inevitably take a toll on global growth.
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