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Christiaan Hetzner

Trump tariffs risk turning American businesses into corporate welfare recipients, warns Citadel's Ken Griffin

Ken Griffin, chief executive officer and founder of Citadel Advisors LLC, speaks during an Economic Club of New York event in New York, US (Credit: Yuki Iwamura—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s plan for an increase in tariffs across the board will give rise to corporate welfare that will damage America’s long-term economic growth, warned billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin.

Speaking on Thursday at the Economic Club of New York, the founder and CEO of Citadel said U.S. companies shielded from foreign competition will inevitably grow fat and complacent from the “sugar rush” of import duties. 

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