âIf heâd stayed on the golf course, weâd be in a better placeâ: experts on Trumpâs tariffs, one year on
Last April, the president unleashed a tidal wave of tariffs on âliberation dayâ. Analysts say the policy has failed, even by the Trump administrationâs own termsBefore Donald Trump declared âliberation dayâ on 2 April 2025 and shocked the world by raising import tariffs on nearly every country the US did business with, he had spent almost three months causing chaos in Washington.The wholesale slashing of government jobs under Doge (the âdepartment of government efficiencyâ) and the defunding of US aid agencies had shown White House watchers that the US president was in a hurry to upset institutions he considered profligate or useless. Continue reading...
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