Tariffs might seem manageable now – but they’ll quietly squeeze households later
- Written by Umair Choksy, Senior Lecturer in Management, University of Stirling
BearFotos/ShutterstockFor more than a year, major institutions like the World Trade Organization (WTO) have been warning that rising tariffs and policy uncertainty would stifle global growth. This is reflected in the ways governments have been deploying tariffs unpredictably. Notably, the US has increasingly deployed threats and sudden tariff...







