US president warns it will be a ‘disaster’ if hearing on tariffs, starting this week, goes against him
US president Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shake hands as they announce a US-EU trade deal in Scotland in July. Photo: Getty
US president Donald Trump sees tariffs – or the threat of them – as a powerful tool to bend nations to his will.
He has used them in an unprecedented way, not only as the underpinning of his economic agenda, but also as the cornerstone of his foreign policy in his second term.
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