Trump is taking the Monroe Doctrine global

EDITO. Donald Trump has plunged global trade and payments into chaos. To survive, Europe must put in place an offensive strategy.

Democracy on the line in global economic trade stand-off – The Mail & Guardian

The Great Depression of the 1930s had begotten severe protectionist policies, with governments around the world imposing rigid tariffs and world trade shrinking drastically as a result. Gradually protectionism eased off, coming to an end after World War II when the United States-led initiative to liberalise trade among all capitalist countries took root. The 1947 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and its 1995 successor, the World Trade Orga…

Trump is taking the Monroe Doctrine global

In this reimagined doctrine, the West is no longer a community of shared values, but a zone of expected compliance under American leadership.

How Sweeping Tariffs Came to Be and Why It Matters

Targeted tariffs could be an important part of an industrial policy tool kit—but Trump's sweeping tariff policy will harm workers, not help them.

Trump's Economic Revolution: Unraveling A Blessing And A Curse

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

Trump’s latest sweeping tariffs take effect, setting off global trade war

By declaring a trade war on the rest of the world, President Donald Trump has panicked global financial markets and raised the risk of a recession.