A Rebalancing, not a Rebellion By Mehmet Enes Beşer As America doubles down on its dependence on tariffs and unilateral trade measures in the name of “economic security,” the world is now retaliating in kind—not by overt confrontation, but by subtle, incremental drifting apart. A process years in the making has now reached a new phase: de-Americanization of global trade. ...
On Trump’s trade tariffs, why US manufacturing has lost and how the world should react. By Yunus Soner, Antalya / Türkiye US President Donald Trump’s trade policies were one of the main topics at the 4th Antalya Diplomacy Forum, convened by the Turkish Foreign Ministry on April 11-13. Here, we interviewed Jeffrey Sachs, professor at the U.S. Columbia university, a ...
And China is ready to react. By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China “The best thing to do now is to declare war on Taiwan. Because Trump once said he would impose a 100% tariff on China if we did so. But the current rates are way higher than that. At least this way, we would reunify with Taiwan and also ...
Western Protectionism Threatens Global Stability By Mehmet Enes Beşer Trade was the banner of Western liberalism—a belief in open markets, comparative advantage, and multilateralism. For decades, the United States and the European Union preached the gospel of globalization, negotiating trade agreements, reducing tariffs, and preaching developing economies the virtues of deregulated markets. But in a disquieting turn of historical irony, ...
The global capitalist economy seems in disarray. From increasing inflation to vulnerable supply chains, from endangered food production to energy transition and crisis – complaints and warning calls rise at nearly every chapter and branch of the world economy. United World International thus has started a new series of articles and interviews that will shed light on the situation of ...
By Wang Wenwen While the US indulges in its fantasy of tackling and checkmating China, China has devoted whole-heartedly to its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) aiming to link a large part of the world and improve economic development of countries along the route. The US cannot afford to sit still, especially when it feels that it has fallen behind ...