Trump's Tariff Tantrums: A Recipe for Global Chaos The latest salvos in Donald Trump's ongoing trade wars have been fired off with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer.
The US president has unveiled new tariffs on Brazil and Canada, ostensibly as retaliation against what he deems to be unfair trade practices.
Trump's trade policies are driven by an ideological fervor that ignores fundamental principles of international trade: specialization, comparative advantage, and interdependence.