US business economists fret over Trump policy agenda

Survey finds they also worry about "unfavourable consequences" of Trump's trade and immigration policies

Published Mon, Aug 21, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Washington

US business economists worry about the prospects for President Donald Trump's policy agenda, and the potential damage to the economy from his trade and immigration policies, according to a survey released on Monday.

The survey findings add to Mr Trump's accelerating alienation with the business community. CEOs fled his advisory councils last week to distance themselves from his both-sides-are-to-blame response to a white supremacist rally in Virginia in which one woman among a group of counter-protesters was killed.