PANews reported on April 3rd that according to Jinshi, a former Biden administration official and non-resident senior researcher at the Peterson International Economic Institute, Kimberly Klasing said that Trump's tariff announcement on Wednesday was "very stubborn and much worse than I expected". "I anticipated things would be bad, but I didn't expect this level of self-harm. It's shocking that some people would think this is a good idea. I would be surprised if we can get through this without an economic recession, and without Trump reversing his policy."