Global retailers' tariff strategy risks spreading pain beyond US consumer

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : If many multinational retailers do spread the tariff pain, higher inflation could spread even to countries which, like Britain, have already struck trade agreements with the U.S. in a bid to minimise the economic fallout of tariffs.
43% : Announcing price increases in non-U.S. markets could be a way for retailers to avoid a similar backlash from Trump.
42% : But that was before Trump unveiled his tariff policy on April 2, and later hiked tariffs on Chinese goods to 145%.
38% : When U.S. behemoth Walmart (WMT.N), opens new tab said it would have to raise prices in response to tariffs, Trump ordered the world's biggest retailer via social media to 'eat the tariffs'.

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