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title: US Tariff Policy: Chaos Order
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/5232092/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 5232092
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5232092
featured: 2025-04-30
citations: unknown
topic: Asset Pricing & Factors
---


# US Tariff Policy: Chaos Order

Chaos Order: The unpredictability of U.S. tariff policy under President Trump's second administration aligns with momentum-style investing and reinforcement learning, suggesting a dynamic and reactive policy process.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5232092
- Identifier: SSRN 5232092
- Released: 2025-04-26
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 95 (2025-04-30): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-04-30/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Asset Pricing & Factors

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