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Peter Vanham

‘You wouldn’t invest in the U.S. now’: Foreign CEOs are finding it impossible to plan around trump’s tariffs

US President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to the press as they stand next to a Tesla vehicle on the South Portico of the White House. (Credit: Mandel Ngan—AFP via Getty Images)
  • In today’s CEO Daily: A European scooter maker tells Peter Vanham why the tariffs won’t make them open a factory in the U.S. 
  • The big story: Trump isn’t backing down on the tariffs despite global opposition.
  • The markets: A brief period of respite.
  • Analyst notes from JPMorgan, Wedbush, UBS, and Goldman Sachs on Trump, tariffs and recession.
  • Plus: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.

Good morning. The U.S. stock market has registered its feelings about tariffs, with all the major indices reeling after days of losses. But how are foreign companies reacting? The scooter and carmaker Micro sells over half a million kick scooters a year in the U.S. But going forward, the scooters may get a lot harder to find, and become a lot more expensive, OIiver and Merlin Ouboter, the company's second-generation executives, told me.

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