Business School weighs in on US tariffs and global trade shifts
By: Chimezie Anajama
Last updated: Monday, 14 April 2025

As global markets and governments around the world continue to react to the US’ newly imposed tariffs, the 麻豆传媒 of Sussex Business School’s trade experts have been providing international media outlets with crucial insights on their implications.
The , was the stark warning for developing countries from , Director of the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and Co-Director of the UK Trade Policy Observatory. For the UK, however, the CITP’s predicted only a modest economic loss, or even a potential if a trade deal happens with the US. In an , however, the CITP and UKTPO’s highlighted the uncertainty that the tariffs have created for international trade, noting that the “effects... can be as bad as tariffs.”
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