After tariff shock, Trump may weaponise finance against allies

After tariff shock, Trump may weaponise finance against allies

With tariff war, Trump also reshapes how US treats allies

Japan and Taiwan promised billions in investment. Britain offered an invitation from the king.

The tariff war initiated by Donald Trump, not for the sake of expectation, has caused less impact. The US president has set out to destabilize trade in the world, without distinguishing between friends and enemies, to proclaim with victimism that his nation has been the object of all kinds of deceptions in recent decades. In fact, his latest movement does not hide that his great ultimate goal is China, the Asian giant who discusses his hegemony.…

U.S. President Donald Trump could ‘cast out’ the hand of different tools, such as credit cards and the same supply of dollars to foreign banks, to coerce other countries to comply with their tariff policy and thus reduce the trade deficit in the U.S. According to specialists, although these measures would involve a high cost to the U.S. and could be counterproductive, such scenarios should not be ruled out. I can imagine that Mr. Trump...is frus…

There is now a bipartisan consensus in the US that the real winner of global free trade has been China, while American manufacturing has been significantly squeezed. The response: tariffs, self-protection, and regaining economic influence.

BMI: New US tariffs set to reshape economic landscape across Middle East

The recently announced US tariffs threaten to redefine economic trajectories across the Middle East and North Africa region, with varying impacts likely across oil exporters and importers.