How will Trump victory impact ‘tariff king’ India’s export-oriented companies? Jonathan Schiessl answers
Jonathan Schiessl, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Westminster Asset Management, says if the export-oriented companies have domestic facilities in the US, that is a different story. But with some of the threats Trump was making earlier during the campaign, any business that is exporting equipment or even services into the US has to be having a long hard look at their business models. On the other hand, maybe less regulation in certain parts of the US economy will benefit growth.
The US elections, a major event is out of the way. We are seeing that impact on the likely beneficiaries. The manufacturing companies are seeing a sharp run-up, the IT pack, the pharma pack, all are seeing good momentum in trade today. But what is your opinion when you talk about these sectors which are heavily dependent on United States policies?
Jonathan Schiessl: The election hopefully will be out of the way in a matter of hours. But the next concern will be what on earth will the policy be? We have heard a lot of talk about potential tariffs, about trying to weaken the dollar but conversely, the dollar has strengthened a bit today. It is all up in the air still. None of us quite know what policies will be followed.
Therefore, some of the moves in some of the sectors are a reflection of the recent selloff as opposed to sudden optimism about the exports to the US or US business. I still think broadly it is up in the air. We need to gauge what the policy will be to come before we have a better idea about stocks and sectors within the
