Most CEOs admit that they will not strengthen American investments because prices harm their business

During a rally in camera on Wednesday, senior executives organized by the Yale School of Management, participants were asked if they planned to invest more in American manufacturing and infrastructure – and 62% said no.

Yale management teacher Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, told Wall Street Journal That the prices, the repression of immigration and economic concerns have eroded their confidence in making new investments.

“They hold back by doing anything,” he said.

Other survey results have shown that 71% believe that the prices have been harmful to their businesses, and about three -quarters agree with the courts that judged that the world prices of Trump are illegal.

Admittedly, the Trump administration has obtained promises from large companies like Apple and Nvidia to invest in American production. Earlier this week, pharmaceutical companies also promised to pay money in the United States.

The White House is also looking for ways to take advantage of $ 550 billion promised by Japan in its trade agreement with the United States to stimulate the construction of factories and other infrastructure, according to the Newspaper.

“The administration works in close collaboration with business leaders to restore America as the most dynamic economy in the world, and billions of historic investment commitments reflect how the administration is implementing an aggressive pro-growth program for tax reductions, deregulation and abundance of energy,” said the White Chamber spokesman, Kush Desai A press release. “These policies have inaugurated the historic growth in work, wages, economic and investments in President Trump’s first mandate – and they are ready to repeat the success of President Trump’s second term.”

In a separate quarterly survey of the commercial round table published Thursday, 38% of CEOs expect their companies to increase capital spending over the next six months, compared to 28% in the second quarter. The share which notes a decrease in capex increased to 11% against 13%.

But the CEO of the Round Table, Joshua Bolten, suggested that the view was not representative of the manufacturers. And the SUBINDEX CAPEX remains below what it was in the fourth quarter of 2024 as well as the first quarter of 2025.

“Although we are happy to see a certain recovery in the CEO plans for CAPEX, there is a fragmentation among the different sectors, with industries exposed to trade such as manufacturing faced with opposite winds,” he said in a press release accompanying the investigation. “The president has obtained significant concessions in commercial negotiations, and we urge our business partners and the administration to continue working together to eliminate harmful prices and non -tariff obstacles.”

Among other results of the Yale CEO survey, 80% said that Trump’s pressure on the federal reserve was not in the best long-term interest in the United States, and 71% said Trump had weakened the independence of the Fed.

It was then that Trump installed Stephen Miran as governor of the Fed, who crossed the unprecedented measure so as not to resign from his post as an economic adviser to the White House. Meanwhile, Trump continues to press his other unprecedented move to draw Lisa Cook from the Fed.

The discussion during the Rally of the CEO in camera also focused on “state capitalism”, according to the NewspaperGiven the Trump administration agreements with flea manufacturers to share export income to China, its “Golden Part” in US Steel, its Intel Actions assets and its participation in Mineral Producer MP Materials, among some recent examples.

“The government should not choose the winners or the losers in the sectors,” said Snap-on Nick Pinchuk CEO Nick Pinchuk Newspaper.

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