Private Equity and Tariffs

President Trump unleashed a whirlwind of volatility and uncertainty with the April 2 announcement to impose sweeping and highly punitive tariffs on the country’s trading partners. Now, with the 90-day pause expired and no clarity on which rates will be reinstated or adjusted, businesses face renewed uncertainty in an already unstable global trade landscape. Amid this unpredictability, one of the few certainties is private equity’s strong and consistent track record—not only weathering market turbulence, but consistently outperforming and thriving during challenging times.