By Yunus Soner, from Antalya / Türkiye We are continuing our series of interviews conducted on the Antalya Diplomacy Forum that took place 11-13 of April. Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang is founder and president of the Center for China and Globalization. Hence, the interview started with a focus on Trump’s tariffs – and ended with a reform of the multilateral ...
By Dure Akram, Lahore / Pakistan Pakistan’s economy is feeling the pinch of U.S. protectionism after President Trump’s sweeping tariffs imposed a blanket 10 percent tariff on all U.S. imports, coupled with a punitive 29 percent surcharge on Pakistani goods—despite a modest $3 billion surplus with America—prompting Islamabad to scramble for relief. The immediate fallout will be severe: Pakistani textile ...
By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China “The best thing to do now is to declare war on Taiwan. Because Trump once said he would impose a 100% tariff on China if we did so. But the current rates are way higher than that. At least this way, we would reunify with Taiwan and also reduce tariffs…” The above comment was ...
By Stephan Kaufmann US President Donald Trump has declared Wednesday “Liberation Day.” The next major round of import tariffs is scheduled to take effect on Wednesday, intended to free the US economy from pesky competition. Trump’s trade war against the rest of the world offers some insight into the state of the global market. With tariffs, the US government is ...
By Yunus Soner US President Donald Trump’s policy of migration caused a first diplomatic sable rattling on the American continent. Trump started expelling so-called immigrant migrants, putting them in US military planes. Footage shows migrants were transported in chains. This caused rejection by many Latin American countries, the major areas of origin, with Mexico prohibiting the landing of such a ...
By Daniel Moser * Political analyst and editor, Argentine and Mexican, Director of HELIOS Comunicación (heliosmx.org) Member of the Center for National Strategic Studies, A. C., in Mexico. Those who know Donald Trump well say that he is a good poker player and, if we observe how he conducts himself when facing confrontations, particularly in relation to Mexico, it seems ...