A historic perspective on the US President’s tariff policy. By Michael Roberts * President Donald Trump implemented his new range of tariffs on US imports called reciprocal tariffs. In addition to those announced last Wednesday (Liberation day), Trump included an extra levy on Chinese imports in retaliation to China’s decision to impose a 34% tariff on US imports, which in turn was ...
The era of single-market dependence is over By Dure Akram, Lahore / Pakistan Pakistan’s economy is feeling the pinch of U.S. protectionism after President Trump’s sweeping tariffs imposed a blanket 10 percent tariff on all U.S. imports, coupled with a punitive 29 percent surcharge on Pakistani goods—despite a modest $3 billion surplus with America—prompting Islamabad to scramble for relief. The ...
The US preferential system for imports from Africa, AGOA, is likely to end this year, says the minister. By Yunus Soner, Antalya / Türkiye African countries are amongst those most affected by US President Donald Trump’s tariff policies. Some of them, like Botswana and Lesotho, were targeted with the highest tariffs, while others suffer great damage, because trade with the ...
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 ...
Neither recent nor just a trade war: The background of the US-China conflict. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein Many people may think that the conflict between the United States and China is recent and that characterizing it as a “trade war” helps explain its essence, but neither is true. Exalting this confrontation within the framework of these two particularities leads to ...
This is a systemic conflict. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein We don’t know the impact the Trump administration’s imposition of 10% tariffs on their exports will have on the inhabitants of Heard Island and McDonald Islands. We’ll likely never know, because the population of those territories consists solely of penguins, seals, turtles, and seabirds. It’s been more than ten years since ...
Why will the US-Iran talks, the so-called “last chance for diplomacy”, fail? By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist / Author After a long period of threatening rhetoric and new arms transfers to Israel, Donald Trump surprisingly announced last week that the United States and Iran would begin direct talks. Given Trump’s Iran policies during his first term and the first three ...
Trump’s strategy toward the Suez Canal may unfold in the coming days. By Islam Farag, from Cairo / Egypt Since taking office last January, U.S. President Donald Trump has been attempting to reshape the global trade system. Attention has only been drawn to one aspect of this effort: his fervent desire to use tariffs to adjust the balance of trade ...
Global wealth thus becomes a burden on capital. And states use their power to reserve the remaining sources of growth for domestic companies. By Stephan Kaufmann US President Donald Trump has declared Wednesday “Liberation Day.” The next major round of import tariffs is scheduled to take effect on Wednesday, intended to free the US economy from pesky competition. Trump’s trade ...
Posted by by United World International 6 Min Read April 1, 2025 By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The recent strategic military deployments of the US, the statements made by the genocidal Netanyahu-led Israeli government and the regional policies of the US under the Trump administration show that preparations are being made for a major military operation. In particular, the deployment ...