Jessica Karl, Columnist

If I Have to Read the Word ‘Tariff’ One More Time

Trump’s “Liberation Day” promises more trade war chaos than ever before.

April 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM UTC

By Jessica Karl

Jessica Karl is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and author of the Bloomberg Opinion Today newsletter.

A bridge to complete and total chaos.
Photographer: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images North America

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Although I work at Bloomberg, I’ll be honest: I’m not religiously reading the latest ISM Manufacturing reports every month. The thought of regularly keeping tabs on corrugated box prices and polypropylene resin inventories bores me to death! So the fact that I actually read it today should have you worried.