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Diane Brady

CEOs are reeling over the tariff chaos of the last few days: ‘My head is spinning right now’

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Good morning. I was chatting (about tariffs, of course) with the CEO of a major multinational company on Wednesday when the news broke that President Trump had decided to halt reciprocal tariffs on America’s trading partners for 90 days (resetting back to a universal 10% on non-retaliating countries), while raising tariffs on China to 125%. This CEO has staff on the ground in China. His reaction: “My head is spinning right now.”

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