Trump Threatens Countries with Economic Weapons, Ratcheting Up International Tensions
Over the past several months, the Trump Administration has been on a rampage of international threats and punitive measures against nearly every nation in the global economy. Employing the instrument of economic weaponization, President Donald Trump’s hawkish strategies aim to bolster US interests through targeted sanctions and tariff wars.
From withdrawing the United States from the International Association of Classification Societies Agreement and the European Gendarmerie Force Convention to imposing penalties on China over human rights breaches in Xinjiang province, to retaliatory taxes against European wine imports, France with its Macron policy, South American countries concerning Huawei, this economic war leaves countless countries crippled with uncertainty over economic stability, further deepens worldwide divisions over national security agendas.