Re:Why Trump's tariff chaos makes sense (big picture)
by mytailorisrich on Monday April 07, 2025 @10:20AM
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China has already announced that from 1st December they will abolish tariffs on imports from the 43 poorest countries.
It probably does not represent that much trade at the moment but it is very good PR at this time, and in the longer term it means that those countries will develop by growing links with China, not the US.
Once the US restricts trade with most of the world, who are they going to align themselves with?
Tearing down economic and military alliances that took a generation to build will only result in an isolated, poorer, weaker, less relevant America. And it is entirely self inflicted.
Perfect opportunity for China to become the world's dominate super power. They are the most likely winner, everyone else loses.