EconoScope | U.S. faces triple economic chill as tariff strategy falters

EconoScope | U.S. faces triple economic chill as tariff strategy falters

"Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens." So said U.S. President Donald Trump in his inaugural address this January. But six months later, signs suggest the high-tariff approach is losing steam, as the American economy weathers a triple wave of slowdown.