Trump's New Trade Order Is Here. Will It Work?

Trump's new trade order is here. Will it work?

The beginning of August marks the latest deadline for US President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff policy. This era of chaos and uncertainty began on April 2, and the situation remains fluid. With the deadline for partners to secure a deal with Washington now passed, it’s a good time to take a broader view and consider if […] The post Trump’s new trade order is here. Will it work? appeared first on Asia Times.

Trump’s Tariff Doctrine: The Rise of a Transactional Trade Order

By: Khanh Vu DucUS President Donald Trump has rewritten the global trade script again. From Tokyo to Brussels, from Seoul to Manila, the US has rolled out a series of hardline yet surprisingly pragmatic trade deals that are reshaping the international economic order. The pattern is unmistakable: tariff threats first, followed by transactional deals anchored in strategic alignment, market concessions, and de facto containment of China.The latest …

Trump’s strategy to reassert U.S. dominance

Amid all his regime’s chaos, Donald Trump is implementing the unilateralist strategy laid out bluntly in The Prioritization Imperative of focusing on Washington’s great power rivalry with China. First, the administration declared it will no longer be the global policeman, backing up allies against external and internal opposition. Trump has attempted to extricate the United States from the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, if unsuccessfully. Despite his…