President Trump has called himself the “Tariff Man” and has said that “Tariffs are the greatest thing ever invented.”[1] It therefore should come as no surprise that, in the first month since taking office, he has announced sweeping tariffs against , , and . Although President Trump has since negotiated deals with Canada and Mexico to halt the proposed tariffs, and a similar deal with China could materialize too, one thing is clear: the new administration intends to leverage tariffs as a tool in international diplomacy.
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