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Dell Technologies Inc (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/DELL#NYSE">DELL</a>)&nbsp;has eliminated or reduced the U.S. discounts on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/topic/dell" rel="noreferrer noopener">many of its computers</a>.
The update coincided with President Trump&#8217;s tariff announcements last week and China&#8217;s retaliatory <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/25/04/44708618/china-retaliates-with-massive-84-tariff-hike-on-us-goods-amid-escalating-trade-war" rel="noreferrer noopener">tariffs this week</a>.
Dell stock fell on Thursday on the report.
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Dell&#8217;s online store offers lesser laptop and desktop discounts compared to the 2024 beginning, Bloomberg <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-09/dell-reduces-computer-discounts-after-tariffs-rattle-business?srnd=phx-technology&amp;sref=TBDibEcD" rel="noreferrer noopener">reported</a> Thursday, citing Dell&#8217;s website.
CFO&nbsp;Yvonne McGill&nbsp;told investors in March that the company treated tariffs as an input cost intended to pass on to the customer.
The threat of disruption is particularly acute for electronics makers, who source their components and manufacturing labor from around the world. Consumer devices like laptops and smartphones lure customers by selling at the list price below under special offers.
Last week, Trump <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/global/25/04/44632479/retail-stocks-slammed-as-trumps-tariff-plan-sends-shockwaves-through-sector" rel="noreferrer noopener">announced sweeping tariffs</a> to boost global trade and American manufacturing.
These included a universal 10% tariff on all imports starting April 5 and significantly higher rates targeting around 60 countries for allegedly imposing barriers on U.S. goods.&nbsp;Many retailers and brands manufacture goods in China and Vietnam, which now have effective tariff rates of 125% and 46%, respectively.
Trump justified <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/movers/25/04/44652183/whats-going-on-with-dell-technologies-today" rel="noreferrer noopener">using emergency powers</a> under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977, aiming to slash the U.S. trade deficit by $1.2 trillion.&nbsp;
Tech stocks, including hardware makers like Dell, lost value, fearing higher import costs and possible retaliatory tariffs from affected countries.
Dell&#8217;s drop also reflects concerns about exposure to foreign suppliers and the risk of rising component prices.
Dell stock plunged over 30% in the last 90 days. In March, JP Morgan analyst Samik Chatterjee stated that Dell&#8217;s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-ratings/price-target/25/03/44334607/dell-analyst-says-expanding-ai-server-pipeline-could-drive-double-digit-earnings-growth" rel="noreferrer noopener">AI server revenue</a> could hit $15 billion in fiscal 2026, backed by 2,000+ enterprise deals and a $295 billion TAM opportunity.
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/QQQ#NASDAQ">QQQ</a>) that tracks the Nasdaq-100 Index lost over 12% in the last 90 days.
Price Action:&nbsp;DELL stock fell 6.24% to $78.97 on Thursday.
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Oklo Inc (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/OKLO#NYSE">OKLO</a>) shares spiked ahead of the market close on Thursday after the company announced it was deemed eligible to provide microreactor power systems <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/OKLO">for military bases</a>.
What Happened: Just ahead of the closing bell, Oklo announced in a <a href="https://x.com/oklo/status/1910419485279793634">post</a> on X that it was selected by the Department of Defense (DOD) as one of the companies eligible to provide microreactors for the U.S. military. 
Oklo shares jumped about $1 on the announcement, trading from around $21.80 to approximately $22.80 before the close. The stock has carried some of that momentum into the after-hours session on Thursday. 
In a press release on Thursday, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), with the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force, announced the launch of the Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations (ANPI) program. 
The program is designed to allow for the design and build of fixed on-site microreactor nuclear power systems on select military installations. The DOD selected eight companies to be eligible to demonstrate the ability to delivery reliable nuclear power. Oklo was among the companies selected.
"Microreactors on installations are a critical first step in delivering energy dominance to the Force,&#8221; said Andrew Higier, Energy Portfolio Director at DIU. 
&#8220;Tapping into the commercial sector's rapid advancements in this area is critical due to the significant private investment in this space over the last few years. The U.S. and the DoD must maintain the advantage and leverage the best of breed nuclear technology for our national security."
Oklo is now eligible to receive Other Transaction awards to provide commercially available dual-use microreactor technology at various DOD installations.
OKLO Price Action: <a href="http://benzinga.com/quote/oklo">Oklo shares</a> were up 0.31% after hours, trading at $22.79 at the time of publication Thursday, according to <a href="http://pro.benzinga.com">Benzinga Pro</a>.
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If you blinked yesterday, you likely missed one of the craziest <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/etfs">ETF turnarounds in recent history</a>.
Just days since the S&amp;P 500 plummeted below the 5,000 threshold—losing almost $5.83 trillion in value and teetering on the edge of bear market status- Wall Street saw a jaw-dropping about-face. The SPDR S&amp;P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SPY#NYSE">SPY</a>), commonly subjected to being treated like a U.S. economy pulse check, soared an incredible 10.5% by mid-day on Thursday, the biggest gain in 16 years, dropping jaws on trading floors far and wide. As of late afternoon on Thursday, it&#8217;s down again by 4.7% as of this writing— a display of pendulum swings traders read about in their books.
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So what&#8217;s the twist of fate? A Perfect Storm… But In Reverse
The bounce wasn&#8217;t precisely a fairy tale — rather a cocktail of short squeezes, inflation optimism, and good old-fashioned Fed speculation. Here&#8217;s what sparked it:
Bond Market: Treasury yields, which had been in chaos mode, surged Thursday, chilling the bond market. That provided some much-needed relief to equity valuations.
Fed Whispers: Traders began speculating on a potential emergency action from the Fed, courtesy of market volatility caused by tariffs. Even mere speculation was sufficient to rekindle bullish hopes.
Tech Rebound: The large-cap techs — Apple (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AAPL#NASDAQ">AAPL</a>), Tesla (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TSLA#NASDAQ">TSLA</a>) and Nvidia (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NVDA#NASDAQ">NVDA</a>)— experienced extreme short covering, and prices skyrocketed as investors rushed to close out their bearish bets.
Even with SPY&#8217;s bounce, a larger narrative is unfolding in ETF land—and it&#8217;s one of investor preference changes.
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SPY Closes At A Rare Premium — And That Says A Lot
In yet another sign of how frenzied things got, SPY closed Thursday nearly 90 basis points above its net asset value (NAV) — an extremely rare occurrence for a fund known for tracking its index with surgical precision, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-10/a-576-billion-stock-etf-juggernaut-hit-by-extreme-dislocations?sref=TBDibEcD">according </a>to Bloomberg. For context, SPY's average NAV dislocation over the last decade is just a fraction of a basis point. Not even the market chaos during early COVID-19 saw a gap this wide.
Why? Demand. Short-covering traders flooded in to buy and load up on index exposure, pushing closing-auction volume to 300% above average. More than 241 million shares of SPY exchanged hands as investors took advantage of the ETF&#8217;s deep liquidity to make large trades rapidly. According to Bloomberg, State Street&#8217;s Matt Bartolini described SPY as an important liquidity vehicle… and yesterday&#8217;s close surge was just one huge run of buy orders.
So, Should You Buy The Dip?
The estimated P/E Ratio of the S&amp;P 500 Index (as computed on the SPY ETF) is 25.90, as of April 10,  <a href="https://worldperatio.com/index/sp-500/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according </a>to World PE Ratio data, which also says that the P/E as of now can be denoted as &#8220;overvalued&#8221; based on calculations and comparisons. The P/E Ratio is computed using the SPY ETF, which is based on the S&amp;P 500 Index. This number suggests that investors may want to wait a while before things cool down.
The next few sessions, particularly after the CPI data, which shows inflation cooling for the second straight month, might decide if this is a dead cat bounce or the start of a genuine recovery.
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Jefferies analyst Edison Lee upgraded Apple Inc (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AAPL#NASDAQ">AAPL</a>) from Underperform to Hold and lowered the <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/AAPL/analyst-ratings" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">price target from $202.33 to $167.88 on Wednesday</a>.
Lee&#8217;s base case remains that Apple would be exempted from U.S. tariffs, given its commitment to invest $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years and his belief that it would make additional manufacturing investment commitments in the US (to make iPhones, for example). 
However, a rising global recession risk could further impact already-weak iPhone demand.
The analyst lowered his iPhone shipment forecasts by 3.6% for fiscal 2025, 7.7% for fiscal 2026, and 5.5% for fiscal 2027 (without changing ASP and margin assumptions). This drives cuts of 2% for fiscal 2025, 4.1% for fiscal 2026, and 3.5% for fiscal 2027 revenue.
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He also included a $50 price hike for iPhone 18 (2026, except the base model) and another $100 hike for iPhone 19 (2027, all models), driven mainly by higher hardware costs due to more memory and the introduction of advanced packaging and fast DRAM by 2027.
Lee&#8217;s fiscal 2025, fiscal 2026, and fiscal 2027 EPS are now below consensus by 2.5%, 8.5%, and 3.4%.
The analyst noted the two headwinds facing AI on smartphones (not just iPhone) are a lack of fast DRAM and advanced packaging solutions (the smartphone version of HBM and CoWoS), which limits the AI model size, and a lack of access to app data, which means limited understanding of the users&#8217; social/ business contacts, daily schedules, and habits.
Lee noted that the hardware needed to run bigger smartphone AI models will be commercialized in 2027, assuming Apple will be the first smartphone OEM to adopt that (iPhone 19).
However, the second headwind is a structural problem that may not be easy to resolve since smartphone apps are a fragmented market with many players.
Most players, such as Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GOOG#NASDAQ">GOOG</a>) (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GOOGL#NASDAQ">GOOGL</a>) and Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/META#NASDAQ">META</a>), may not want to share data with Apple.
As a result, Lee cut his AI revenue forecasts (as of fiscal 2028) by using only the installed base of iPhone 19 and beyond and lower-paying penetration rates (20% to 50% versus 50% to 75%). This has led to cuts in Lee&#8217;s fiscal 2028 to fiscal 2031E EPS forecasts by 18% to 19%.
Even if Lee assumed Apple is exempted from US tariffs, its current valuation at 2.2 times fiscal 2025 PEG is far from cheap. If Apple has to bear all the tariff burden, the analyst estimated the fiscal 2025 and 2026 EPS impact at 14% and 12%, and the DCF would fall to $150. At 104% tariff for China, the fiscal 2025 and 2026 EPS impact would rise to 26% and 21%, and DCF would fall further to $126.
For Apple, Lee projected second-quarter revenue of $91.56 billion and EPS of $1.58.
Price Action: Apple stock is down 5.83% to $187.25 at last check Thursday.
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FMC Corporation (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/FMC#NYSE">FMC</a>), a leading agricultural sciences company, today announced it has received registration in Brazil for&nbsp;Sofero&#x2122; Fall pheromone targeting fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda). Sofero&#x2122; Fall is the first in the company's lineup of distinctive pheromone products for row crops offering growers a novel approach to sustainably control pests, manage resistance and boost productivity.
"The registration of&nbsp;Sofero&#x2122; Fall in Brazil marks a significant milestone in our efforts to bring high-performance, sustainable crop protection solutions to growers," said Ronaldo Pereira, FMC president. "We are excited to provide growers with a powerful new tool in the battle against fall armyworm. Fall armyworm has developed resistance to many traditional insecticides, and growers are seeking alternative solutions to complement their existing practices. Sofero&#x2122; Fall offers an efficient and sustainable way to overcome mounting resistance challenges and enhance the performance of their pest management programs."
Sofero&#x2122; Fall features an innovative mode of action based on mating disruption. This breakthrough technology harnesses the powerful signals of pheromones to naturally disrupt the mating cycles of fall armyworm, preventing it from reproducing. By breaking the pest cycle before the next generation can emerge, Sofero&#x2122; Fall protects crops in the early stages of development, reducing damage and supporting healthy growth. The unique, sprayable formulation leverages FMC's proprietary microencapsulation technology to improve stability and extend its effectiveness, optimizing performance and providing growers with longer-lasting protection.
Sofero&#x2122; Fall is the first product to launch under FMC's global Sofero&#x2122; pheromone solutions brand. The Sofero&#x2122; portfolio of products will target destructive pests in key crops including rice, corn, cotton and soybeans. Sofero&#x2122; pheromone solutions are designed to be used as part of an integrated program, combined with synthetics, biologicals and precision technologies to improve operational efficiency.
"Sofero&#x2122; pheromone solutions inspire a new way to think about crop protection – one that is focused on prevention over treatment," continued Pereira. "With our extensive portfolio and global reach, FMC is uniquely positioned to bring these game-changing solutions to growers around the world, creating a more sustainable future for agriculture while solving real problems in the field."
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CNH Industrial CFO Oddone Incisa To Step Down; James Nickolas To Succeed

As Wall Street wraps up one of its wildest weeks in recent memory, all eyes are locked on Friday, a session poised to unleash a wave <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/econ-s">of market-moving catalysts. </a>
After Thursday's brutal sell-off in risk assets, investors are gearing up for a showdown featuring big bank earnings, fresh inflation data, and a critical read on consumer sentiment.
The S&amp;P 500, tracked via the SPDR S&amp;P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SPY#NYSE">SPY</a>), is clinging to a 2.8% weekly gain, eyeing its strongest performance of 2025. That includes Wednesday's historic 9.5% surge, the index's largest one-day leap since the 2008 financial crisis.
<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Big Banks Kick Off Q1 Earnings Season</h3>
Some of the country's biggest financial institutions will kick off the first-quarter earnings season.
JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/JPM#NYSE">JPM</a>), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MS#NYSE">MS</a>), BlackRock Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/BLK#NYSE">BLK</a>), Wells Fargo &amp; Co. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WFC#NYSE">WFC</a>), and Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/BK#NYSE">BK</a>) are all slated to report earnings before the market opens Friday.
Here's what the median Wall Street analyst is expecting, according to <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pro/?utm_source=BZprocontent&amp;t=be2bearmibe3na1">Benzinga Pro</a>:
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<td>Wells Fargo</td>
<td>1.24</td>
<td>20.77B</td>
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<td>2.20</td>
<td>16.58B</td>
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<td>11.19</td>
<td>5.53B</td>
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Earnings beats or misses will surely drive immediate action, but investors are zooming in on forward guidance, particularly commentary around how tariffs and uncertainty could affect credit conditions, loan growth, and capital markets.
"Mounting uncertainty from the economic impact of tariffs could result in slower loan growth, a flatter curve, weaker capital markets, and a deterioration in credit quality," said Richard Ramsden, senior analyst at Goldman Sachs, in a recent note.
<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Producer Prices, Consumer Inflation Expectations Take Center Stage In Fed Debate</h3>
On Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the March Producer Price Index (PPI)—a key gauge of wholesale inflation and an increasingly critical signal for the Fed's rate path.
Consensus forecasts see headline PPI rising 3.3% year-over-year, slightly hotter than February's 3.2%. On a monthly basis, prices are expected to bounce by 0.2% after a flat February reading. More crucially, core PPI (excluding food and energy) is projected to climb 3.6% annually, up from 3.4%, with a monthly rebound of 0.3% after a 0.1% dip the prior month.
Hotter-than-expected readings could raise alarms that U.S. producers are already pricing in the inflationary effects of tariffs, fueling concerns at the Fed about a future pass-through of those costs to consumers.
At 10:00 a.m. ET, attention shifts to Main Street, as the University of Michigan's preliminary April consumer sentiment survey provides a timely snapshot of how everyday Americans are feeling in the face of growing economic uncertainty.
Economists anticipate a dip in the sentiment index to 54.5 from March's 57, marking the weakest read since July 2022. But the inflation expectation components will be under the spotlight.
Last month, year-ahead inflation expectations shot up to 5%, the highest since mid-2022. Any further acceleration could force the Fed to reconsider its path toward policy easing.
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Grant Cardone stirred the pot on April 5 when he <a href="https://x.com/GrantCardone/status/1908510873108328798">posted</a> on X: &#8220;If Tariffs Are So Bad, Why Do Other Countries Impose Them?&#8221;
It didn't take long for the replies to roll in, and many, if not most, weren't on his side.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Cardone&#8217;s Question Sparks Instant Backlash</h2>
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&mdash; Grant Cardone (@GrantCardone) <a href="https://twitter.com/GrantCardone/status/1908510873108328798?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Sometimes I&#8217;m not sure whether these MAGAs are faking ignorance, or it&#8217;s the real thing,&#8221; one user fired back. Another replied bluntly, &#8220;Are you stupid? Do you really need a fifth-grade explanation on tariffs?&#8221;
Critics quickly pointed out that tariffs hit both ends of a transaction. American consumers usually <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/25/03/44347512/wait-tariffs-are-just-a-tax-on-us-employee-shocked-as-small-business-owner-cuts-his-hours-because-of-the-tariffs">end up paying more for imported goods</a>, while foreign businesses sell less due to the higher prices.
&#8220;<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/media/25/04/44655737/former-microsoft-ceo-steve-ballmer-says-trumps-new-tariffs-could-spark-global-turmoil-hurt-consumers-as-satya-nadella-led-msfts-stock-drops-14-ytd">Tariffs hurt</a> the exporting country&#8217;s business and hurt the U.S. consumer at the same time,&#8221; wrote one commenter. Another added, &#8220;Higher prices = less demand = less $ for everyone.&#8221;
&#8220;Ask why we haven't imposed tariffs this heavy since 1930. 1,000 economists begged Hoover to veto that Act. I've lived through some recessions but a depression doesn't sound appealing.&#8221;
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">You do realize we had tariffs before Wednesday right? A giant book of em in fact <a href="https://t.co/P0RWkegxAL">pic.twitter.com/P0RWkegxAL</a>
&mdash; Dooner &#x1f1fa;&#x1f1f8; (@TimothyDooner) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimothyDooner/status/1908571875183120463?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Another X user summed it up: &#8220;Because when prices to American consumers go up, American consumers can&#8217;t buy as much, so the overseas manufacturers sell less stuff.&#8221;
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Cardone Doubles Down on Tariff Support</h2>
Cardone has kept pushing his stance in follow-up posts, claiming tariffs will actually <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/25/04/44630931/commerce-secretary-lutnick-says-us-markets-will-perform-extremely-well-long-term-despite-trump-tariff-selloff">benefit the country</a>. The following day, he <a href="https://x.com/GrantCardone/status/1908947583931756902">tweeted</a>, &#8220;Tariff negotiations will make things cheaper in USA &amp; the country stronger.&#8221;&nbsp;
Earlier that day, he also <a href="https://x.com/GrantCardone/status/1908883363215057385">posted</a>, &#8220;Some people are just &#8216;dumb,'&#8221; and before that, &#8220;If <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/25/03/44497301/the-tariff-cost-on-food-clothes-is-a-difficult-tax-for-the-poorest-people-mark-cuban-says-tariffs-must-be-used-the-right-way">tariffs are a tax on the consumer</a> and hurt the American consumer so much, why is it China, India, Canada so worried about them?&#8221;
In a recent <a href="https://www.instagram.com/grantcardone/reel/DGl7aG2v2x1/#">interview</a> with NBC&#8217;s affiliate in San Jose, California, Cardone said, &#8220;Tariffs do not make goods and services more expensive — only the consumer can do that.&#8221; He argued that consumers <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/personal-finance/25/03/44292040/grant-cardone-says-tariffs-do-not-make-goods-and-services-more-expensive-only-the-consumer-can-do-that">could choose not to buy higher-priced imports</a>, which would eventually push U.S. producers to offer more affordable alternatives.
Using a simple example, he said, &#8220;If China sends the U.S. a rubber duck that costs the consumer a dollar, they&#8217;re going to buy it because it&#8217;s inexpensive. But if Trump imposes a $99 tariff on that duck&#8230; the consumer can choose not to buy it. At which point somebody here would start building rubber ducks for a cheaper price.&#8221;
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Cardone's argument centers on changing consumer behavior. But there are key flaws in it. His view assumes consumers can simply stop buying essential goods, overlooks the time and cost it takes to build domestic alternatives, and downplays how tariffs can ripple through supply chains, raising prices and hurting small businesses in the process.&nbsp;
For instance, Trump <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXm_5SIsCHM">said</a> it will take up to two years to build plants in the U.S.&nbsp;
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Cardone also pointed to trade imbalances, like how European markets impose steep tariffs on American cars, while the US allows brands like Mercedes-Benz to enter without tariffs. &#8220;It's about leveling the playing field,&#8221; he said.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Economists Push Back on Cardone&#8217;s Framing</h2>
But many economists disagree. For instance, Moody's Chief Economist Mark Zandi told <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/10/do-tariffs-protect-us-jobs-and-industry-economists-say-no.html">CNBC</a> that tariffs are a &#8220;lose-lose&#8221; that hurt both jobs and industry.&nbsp;
Whether Cardone&#8217;s take sparks deeper policy discussion or just more viral reactions, one thing's for sure: the internet isn't buying it—literally or figuratively.
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