This paper examines the effect of a change in U.S. trade policy on the domestic investment of U.S. manufacturers. Using … uncertainty exhibit relative declines in investment after the change in trade policy. Within industries, we find that this … increase in investment. We also find evidence that establishments' investment activity is smoother following the policy change …

We analyze the impact of trade policy uncertainty on investment in the euro area. Our identification strategy assumes … that countries that are relatively more dependent on global trade networks exhibit a higher sensitivity of investment with … respect to trade uncertainty. We find that the investment-to-GDP ratio is on average 0.8 percentage points lower for five …