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TACO trade backfires on Wall Street as Trump charges ahead on tariffs

TACO trade backfires on Wall Street as Trump charges ahead on tariffs

Wall Street thought it had President Donald Trump all figured out on his trade war, but the past week has raised concerns that investors may be wrong. Markets had dismissed tariff risks under the assumption that Trump would follow an earlier pattern and back off, in what became known as the so-called TACO trade. That allowed stocks to reach new record-high territory …

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