Tariffs Are Just a Bargaining Chip: Trump’s Global Strategy
The True Nature of the Tariff War: Chaos Is Exactly What Trump Wants Recently, global markets have been paying increasing attention to the tariff war. One moment a country is negotiating with the U.S., the next another is—any related news story can sway global market trends. But most people fail to realize that this current state of chaos is precisely the outcome Trump wants most. The more attention people pay to the tariff war, the greater the significance of tariffs as bargaining chips becomes—and the easier it is for Trump to lead them by the nose. In fact, this logic was already crystal clear long before Trump’s election victory last year: once Trump took office, he would inevitably use tariffs as a key bargaining chip to negotiate global interests. Tariffs are always merely a means to an end, not an end in themselves. ...