Administration policies threaten to undermine US global hard and soft power as much as they might be designed to do the opposite, fragmenting not only trade markets but potentially financial markets too, via coercive tariffs, retreat from regulatory cooperation, risk of capital controls, lightly regulated dollar stablecoins, and withdrawal from providing global public goods.

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Speaker

Maurice Obstfeld

Evidence Quote

The administration's policies are threatening to undermine US global power as much as they might be uh designed to do the opposite.

Source

The changing dollar regime: An updatePeterson Institute for International Economics
Created: 6/18/2026, 1:57:48 PM

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