Trump's midterm drubbing could give trade partners room to resist
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- ✓Democrats captured majorities in the Senate and House on Tuesday after voters rebuked Donald Trump’s policies.
- ✓This shift could embolden trade partners to resist his combative tariff plans.
- ✓However, experts warn that a weakened Trump might become more aggressive.
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The drubbing for Donald Trump's Republicans in US midterm elections could embolden some trade partners to push back against his combative policies, although they may need to tread lightly to avoid provoking him in his final two years in power.
Democrats captured majorities in both the Senate and House on Tuesday, as US voters delivered a stinging rebuke for Trump's policies, including his tariffs, blamed alongside the Iran war for persistent inflation.
That could hand economic rival China a perceived upper hand in ongoing talks, prompt allies in Asia to slow-walk hundreds of billions of dollars in investment commitments, and give Europe more predictability over trade issues that remain unresolved.
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