These tariffs have been imposed on countries that charged even higher tariffs for American products. Trump is simply implementing a long-overdue correction to international trade with America. The biggest beneficiary to date is the UK, which is subject to a 10% tariff.
Hopefully, those countries that don't want these tariffs on their exports will reduce their own trade barriers in a process that leads to a more open - and honest - system of global trade. Trump is the first person in a position of power to try and change a broken and discredited system.
"...offers a path to security and prosperity"... Exactly the opposite, in the long run, both for the bully ('Murica) and its supplicants. In fact, the more the subservient nation gives to the US, the worse it will be for them in future as they'll never escape the Danegeld without standing up for themselves...
tariff doctrine is the updated version of the gunboat diplomacy
These tariffs have been imposed on countries that charged even higher tariffs for American products. Trump is simply implementing a long-overdue correction to international trade with America. The biggest beneficiary to date is the UK, which is subject to a 10% tariff.
Hopefully, those countries that don't want these tariffs on their exports will reduce their own trade barriers in a process that leads to a more open - and honest - system of global trade. Trump is the first person in a position of power to try and change a broken and discredited system.
"...offers a path to security and prosperity"... Exactly the opposite, in the long run, both for the bully ('Murica) and its supplicants. In fact, the more the subservient nation gives to the US, the worse it will be for them in future as they'll never escape the Danegeld without standing up for themselves...