The chicken game between the United States and China

With his comings and goings, Donald Trump has managed to shake the world economy in a few days, even though he now sent everything to the freezer for 90 days.Trump thinks that if he protects the industry with high tariffs, he will get the U.S. to improve its global positioning and become big again, as his electoral slogan says.A little bit of historyTeriff protectionism has always been the industrialist strategy of the weaker or relatively backw…

There is talk, and talk for a long time, of the “tariff war” unleashed by Donald Trump (photo). And there is a risk that the issue will run out of ...

There has been talk, and will be for a long time, about the "tariff war" unleashed by Donald Trump (photo). And there is a risk that the issue will be exhausted by trade, by the balance of imports and exports of the United States and its trading partners. But it would be a grave mistake to limit the discussion to that point. The New York magnate's initiative is a desperate attempt; a clumsy, ill-conceived move that, due to its improvisation, adv…

Trump, le Protectionnisme et la Fin du Libre-Échange ?

Dans cet épisode, nous décryptons le retour en force du protectionnisme américain, incarné par Donald Trump à l'occasion de son second mandat, à travers sa stratégie "America First". Nous analysons la mise en œuvre des tarifs douaniers imposés au reste du monde face aux dynamiques actuelles de la mondialisation, ainsi que leurs implications sur l’ordre commercial mondial. Une attention particulière est portée aux conséquences pour les pays en dév