Fortune | FORTUNE 07月18日 19:35
Trump’s tariffs are tipping Europe toward recession
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美国联邦储备委员会理事克里斯托弗·沃勒认为,鉴于美国经济动能显著放缓且失业率上升的担忧,美联储应在7月底降息。与此同时,分析师指出,特朗普政府的关税政策不仅影响美国经济增长,还可能将欧洲经济推向衰退边缘。欧盟约20%的出口流向美国,其庞大的经济体量使欧洲难以迅速转向其他出口市场。尤其是汽车、制药等行业面临的潜在高额关税,加剧了欧洲经济的脆弱性。尽管欧洲股市近期表现强劲,但美国与欧盟之间的贸易摩擦升级仍构成重大风险,可能对欧洲经济增长产生显著的负面影响。

🇺🇸 美联储理事沃勒倾向于在7月底降息,理由是美国经济增长势头减弱,并担忧失业率上升。这表明美国宏观经济政策可能面临调整。

📈 特朗普政府的关税政策被认为将削弱美国经济增长,预计今年和明年分别拖累GDP增长0.1%和0.3%。

🇪🇺 欧洲经济同样面临严峻挑战,若美国对欧盟出口加征30%关税,可能导致欧元区在2025年下半年陷入衰退。分析师预计这将使欧元区未来两年的经济增长预测下调0.3至0.5个百分点。

🌍 美国是欧洲和英国最大的出口市场,占欧盟出口总额的20%左右,价值约5000亿欧元。由于美国经济体量巨大,欧洲难以迅速将出口转向其他市场,特别是汽车和制药等关键行业。

📉 贸易摩擦的复杂性和不确定性加剧了欧洲经济的风险。例如,对汽车、铝、钢铁和制药等行业的潜在高额关税,远高于年初水平,可能对欧洲经济造成更严重的影响。欧洲央行在采取报复性措施前,需要高度确信关税政策的实施。

U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said yesterday that he thinks the Fed should cut interest rates at the end of July because he thinks the U.S. economy’s “momentum has slowed significantly,” and he’s worried about unemployment rising.

He’s not alone. Oxford Economics’ Ryan Sweet told clients this week that President Trump’s tariffs will shave growth off the U.S. economy. “The hit to US GDP growth is 0.1ppt this year and 0.3ppts next year,” he wrote in a note seen by Fortune.

While the tariffs’ effects on the Fed rate and the U.S. economy have generated most of the headlines recently, they are having a serious negative effect on the European economy too. 

Trump has threatened to impose a 30% tariff on that trade if the parties don’t strike a better deal. Analysts are saying that if no deal is reached, the tariff barrier could push Europe into a recession.

“A 30% US tariff on EU exports would send the EZ economy into recession in the second half of 2025,” Pantheon Macroeconomics’ Claus Vistesen said in a recent research note. “Markets don’t believe Mr. Trump’s tariff threats, but a US-EU escalation cycle is still a big near-term risk. The ECB will hold fire [on retaliating] in July unless it is absolutely certain a 30% tariff is coming over the summer.”

“A sustained 30% US tariff … would pull down our 2025 and 2026 growth forecasts by 0.3pp and 0.5pp, respectively, to 0.7% and 0.8%,” he said.

At Oxford Economics, Angel Talavera agrees: “We estimate the US tariffs of 30% on imports from the EU threatened by President Trump could shave up to 0.3ppts off annual Eurozone growth over the next two years. This would push the Eurozone economy to the edge of recession, with growth stagnating over the coming quarters,” he wrote in a recent note.

Unemployment in the U.K. is already on the rise—it ticked up to 4.7% over the last three months, the highest in four years.

The problem is that the U.S. is Europe and Britain’s largest export market. About 20% of EU exports go to the U.S. at a value of around €500 billion ($581 billion). Europe’s trade doesn’t immediately have anywhere else to go—at least not at that scale.

“The sheer size of the US economy means that it takes a large share of Europe’s exports, particularly pharmaceuticals and autos. This will make it difficult for Europe to switch to other markets,” Oxford Economics’ Matt Swannell said in a note this week.

It’s not just the size of Trump’s tariff demand, it’s the complexity. “On top, there are sectoral tariffs of 25% on cars/parts, as well as 50% on aluminum and steel (up from 25% since June 4). Effective tariffs rates could remain at 12-17% (assuming a 10-20% universal tariff), which is significantly higher than the around 1% at the start of the year with automotives, steel and potentially pharma hit by sectoral tariffs,” Deutsche Bank’s Marion Muehlberger and Ursula Walther told clients this week. Pharmaceuticals are one of the biggest export markets for Europe, and Trump has threatened to tax them at a rate of 200% on entry to the U.S.

Finally, there’s the ever-changing nature of Trump’s demands. Until a few weeks ago, a 30% tariff wasn’t even on the radar.

“In June, the ECB’s baseline scenario assumed just a 10% tariff, and even the downside scenario only went up to 20%. A 30% tariff would be more damaging to the eurozone economy, even if European retaliation eventually pushed inflation higher,” ING’s Carsten Brzeski said in a research note this week.

European stock markets are whistling past this graveyard at the moment. The Stoxx Europe 600 and the UK’s FTSE 100 are both at or near all-time highs. France’s CAC 40 is up 6% YTD and Germany’s DAX blue chip index is up a staggering 21.69% YTD, based largely on Germany’s big fiscal military spending plan.

Here’s a snapshot of the action prior to the opening bell in New York:

    S&P 500 futures were flat this morning, premarket. The index closed up 0.54% yesterday. STOXX Europe 600 was up 0.4% in early trading. The UK’s FTSE 100 was up 0.32% this morning, placing it above 9,000, which would be an all-time high if it holds. China’s CSI 300 was up 0.6%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 was down 0.21%. Bitcoin is still above $118K.
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