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Global Confidence Slumps as Trade Turmoil Looms Over IMF Meetings

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April 21, 2025

Eswar Prasad, SAP

“We have seen this huge shock. Every open economy that relies on trade is going to get squeezed, and on top of that you will have [negative] confidence effects,” says Eswar Prasad, senior professor of international trade policy.

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