Trump's tariffs will hurt the world's poor the most

The world's confidence in Donald Trump's economic excesses is waning. A major concern, according to one expert who predicts that the president will only have less opportunity to implement his promised policies. "The room for maneuver is extremely small."

Trump's tariffs will hurt the world's poor the most

Most US media coverage of President Donald Trump’s trade war has focused on how his global tariff regime is likely to impact the US economy and American consumers.  However, it’s the workers in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Lesotho, Vietnam and other poor countries who are likely to be harmed the most by the trade war if it continues […] The post Trump’s tariffs will hurt the world’s poor the most appeared first on Asia Times.

LETTER: Tariffs are regressive taxes that hurt the poor

Recently, the president suggested his tariffs might require that, instead of 30 dolls under the Christmas tree, we might have to make do with 3.