Corporate America fears wrath of Trump as it mulls tariffs response

American companies are struggling to know how to respond to the trade war, Donald Trump, and they are concerned about the influence of the president’s tariff on the economy, but they are cautious against speaking publicly for fear of revenge by the White House, according to CEOs and members of the Board of Directors.

Corporate leaders are not sure of the extent to which they must re -engineer their business in response to Wednesday’s definitions, amid doubts about the period that Trump will adhere to his current patrol and hope that they can pressure him to alleviate some policies.

The complexity of matters is the climate of fear created by the last targeting in the White House of law offices, including Paul Weiss.

“You don’t want the dog to be barking for anyone else because you will be the person who will be shot.”

Another executive of the company’s board of directors said that the best way is to make the issue for Trump and his team separately that these policies can harm his primary voters through high prices and job losses.

Another US council executive official, referring to US Treasury Secretary Scott Pesint.

Disney Bob EGRA is concerned on Thursday at an internal editorial meeting at ABC News, according to the people who heard the notes.

He said that it will not be easy for American companies to transfer their production to the country because of the specialized workforce and various border skills. Iger cited an example of Apple Foxconn facilities in China, making the technology giant the vast majority of its devices.

Egger also warned that Disney herself would be affected. He said that with the high steel prices, the company’s costs for building cruise ships will rise.

It caused Trump’s tariff in the commodity markets in China, which caused the stability of crude prices in a three -year subsidiary of $ 65.58 on Friday, as oil traders are betting that the American administration does not have an immediate plan to reflect the penal trade measures.

On Friday, the rock pole of rock Harold Ham, CEO of Continental Resources, told the Financial Times that he had been a supporter of Trump and his efforts to make basic reforms and rebuild American manufacturing by addressing unfair commercial practices abroad.

“It is also true that you cannot dig, the child, drilling if you produce oil and gas less than the cost of the supply. Rock producers hope that the current disturbances in the market are temporary so that they can provide the president’s agenda to launch American energy dominance,” said Ham, who is also a CEO of the Energy Producers Alliance in the field of industry.

An executive official of private shares in one of the largest companies in this field said that many companies have analyzed the customs tariff and took them to see their impact on their lower lines and put solutions to be prepared for “Tahrir’s Day”, when the definitions were announced.

However, this initial work was presented because the formula that the White House used to calculate the definitions did not come anywhere near people’s expectations.

Dozens of investment companies or plan to clarify their views on the definitions of customers, many of whom are investors abroad who were shocked by the scope of fees and guidance.

On Monday, Carlyle Group will host a “Special Update for the Global Investment Environment” with senior investors, as co -founder David Robinstein and two other executives are expected to determine a book to deal with definitions.

Some of the companies ’leaders appealed to calm and did not say the possibility of the market interaction.

“Although it was harsh and cautious, we all know that the stocks tend to excessive reaction and dependence on the killers,” said Hermann Bulls, Vice President of JLL Commercial Group and Director of the Board of Directors at USAA, Host Hotels, Fluence Energy and Comfort Systems.

“This is not a surprise in terms of direction,” said Bulls. “I talked about this during the campaign and when he won.”

Declaration of definitions came in the middle of the road through the “Retail Round-UP” conference hosted by JPMorgan Chase for CEOs, investors and analysts in the retail sector.

Richard McVell, the financial manager of the warehouse, was among the executives who indicated that there will now be tense negotiations on converting the burden of definitions on suppliers instead of American consumers.

“In the natural path, we always have talks about costs with our sellers,” he said. “When it comes to tariffs, this is just another cost in the equation that we must muted mutual.”

I think another retail seller, this week, suggested that he could move from suppliers in Asia to Latin America, where the declared definitions tend to be more moderate.

But corporate advisers said that there are still many questions about US policy for companies to be able to adhere to the amendments on a large scale.

“I think they will stop making the main supply chain’s movements because this is not until the beginning of the end,” said Christine Paul, a customs specialist at PWC US.

“It is not until the end of the beginning. There is a lot of uncertainty for the CEO to decide that he will take or capture operations outside the country A and transfer them to the country B.

By Joshua Franklin, Stephen Foley, Anna Nicolao, Antoine Gara, Jimmy Smith, Patrick Temple West and Clear Bushi