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‘A trade war on steroids’: Trump’s new era of US protectionism
The US President bets he can achieve his aims through tariffs without igniting inflation or a sell-off in American stocks.
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Trucks waiting to cross into the US at Otay commercial port in Tijuana, Mexico, on Jan 22.
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James Politi, Aime Williams and Sam Fleming
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Mr Donald Trump has long declared himself a “tariff man” willing to impose sweeping levies on imports from countries that have hurt America.
But on Feb 1, the 78-year-old US President took the first dramatic step of his second term towards putting that vision into practice – placing trade wars and economic nationalism at the top of his agenda.
