Oct 15, Trump Declares 100% Tariffs Against China

President Trump’s latest tariffs mark a dangerous escalation in what is, in effect, a new trade war with China. This isn’t simply an argument over taxes on goods, it’s a symptom of America’s deeper economic insecurity and political dysfunction.

Instead of building cooperative trade rules with supply chain management and logistics to address shared challenges like technology standards, rare resource scarcity, and generative artificial intelligence, the U.S. is reaching again for economic nationalism. Tariffs may sound tough, but they raise prices for all Americans, disrupt global supply chains, and invite retaliation from Beijing. This cycle of trade wars and reprisal pushes both nations toward long-term economic separation, an economic “decoupling” that weakens global stability and undermines the very prosperity both powerhouse countries and its allies claim to defend.

Such a trade war with the two largest economies in the world will most likely cause a global recession.