Slapped with tariffs, some US trade partners lean toward Beijing

How Trump threw away America's global trade leadership

President Trump's protectionist trade war is already making U.S. allies turn to China for a stable trading partner.

Slapped with tariffs, some US trade partners lean toward Beijing

To maximize the impact of tariffs, Washington wants to ensure China cannot trade more with other countries. But Beijing is a tempting trade partner.

The Trump administration plans to use the ongoing tariff negotiations to pressure US trading partners to limit their dealings with China, say people with knowledge of the talks. The idea is to get commitments from US trading partners to isolate the Chinese economy in exchange for reductions in trade and tariff barriers imposed by the White House. US officials plan to use negotiations with more than 70 countries to ask them to ban China from ship…

Apparently US President Donald Trump follows the ideas of his finance minister Scott Bessent. Customs policy is not only intended to improve the US trade balance, but also to be used as a lever against China. But does this all work out? US President Donald Trump's apparent unpredictability in terms of import duties makes it difficult for companies to plan at all. Especially because not every product produced abroad can also be produced at reason…

Trump Plans to Use Tariff Negotiations With 70 Nations to Isolate China

Today the meeting between our Prime Minister and Trump, who announced on the eve of the summit: “Reduced rates for those who isolate the Dragon.” There are opportunities for bilateral negotiations. Phone call between the tenant of Palazzo Chigi and Von der Leyen before departure. The most difficult day has come for...