Donald Trump’s tariffs will fix a broken system

President Trump’s senior counsellor for trade and manufacturing advocates for the implementation of reciprocal tariffs to address the biased international trade system that has led to a $1tn annual trade deficit for the US, primarily due to the World Trade Organization’s “most favoured nation” rule. The US has lost millions of manufacturing jobs since 1979, while facing higher tariffs and non-tariff barriers from major trading partners. Trump’s doctrine aims to hold foreign countries accountable by matching their tariffs and addressing non-tariff barriers to restore fairness in trade.

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