Trump's tariff restrictions are sending markets higher

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(PRO) The stale stock market
The stock market is once again trading near record levels, but the investment landscape is full of contradictions that are difficult to balance. According to Henry Allen, a strategist at Deutsche Bank. He pointed to several parts of the market where investors appear to be betting on more optimistic potential outcomes, despite some evidence that more caution is needed.

Although he announced that he is “considering” imposing 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, in addition to imposing 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico 10% customs duties on China. For reference, the 47th president threatened to impose global tariffs of between 10% and 20% and a massive 60% tariff on China during the election campaign.

Investors seem to have made good use of Trump's first day. With major US indices rising on Tuesday.

“President Trump’s policy announcements on his inauguration day on tariffs were more moderate than expected,” Alec Phillips, chief U.S. political economist at Goldman Sachs, said in a note to clients. “Right now, this is a lower priority than we expected.”

For its part, China tried to discourage Trump from imposing tariffs With the words of Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang At the World Economic Forum in Davos, he said: “Protectionist measures are going nowhere. (A) Trade war has no winners.”

Deng pointed to a speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2017: “Pursuing protectionism is just like locking oneself in a dark room. The wind and rain may be kept outside, but so are the light and air.”

Tariffs could weaken Trump's idea of ​​a “golden age” for the United States last year, Morgan Stanley's chief economist warned that tariffs would “significantly” reduce US growth in 2026.

One might say that with Trump, tariffs would be like sowing the wind and reaping the hurricane.

— CNBC's Alex Haring, Brian Evans, Evelyn Cheng and Li Ying Shan contributed to this report.