... competitiveness is coupled with internal budgetary, as well as institutional and political discrepancies. Whether the EU will be able to leverage its programs for boosting real growth is an open question, especially amid growing pressure from the U.S. and China.
The United States: The Return of a Protectionist National Doctrine
With Donald Trump’s accession to power in January 2025, the economic policy of the United States finally took shape as a rigidly protectionist paradigm, its cornerstone being the aforementioned “Reciprocal Tariffs” initiative, officially presented by ...
... century.”
Andrey Kortunov:
Can U.S. New Tariffs Trigger Structural Changes in Global Economy?
On April 2, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump
unveiled
an early 20
th
-century type of economic policy, increasing tariffs on countries unseen since the
Great ... .... From a
baseline
of 10 percent to a maximum of 46 percent, tariffs are now imposed on state allies and adversaries alike. China is a manufacturing powerhouse, the second largest economy in nominal terms and the largest in terms of PPP, as well as the ...
... the contrary, the Strategy speaks of the indispensability of the American leadership, the unchanging task of “containing” China and Russia, the promotion of liberal values around the world, etc.
While the US officials use all the appropriate “politically ... ... after the Napoleonic wars, one can state that Washington strategists “have learned nothing and have forgotten nothing.” Donald Trump, despite apparent differences with Joseph Biden on specific foreign policy issues, shares with the latter the overall ...
... influencing its domestic political processes.
China's economic rise has led to the strengthening of its technological, industrial, and military capabilities. Sooner or later, such growth was bound to become a problem for the United States. The presidency of Donald Trump in 2016-2020 was a period when a visible shift occurred in American policy towards China.
Certain difficulties arose in US-Chinese relations even during the presidency of Barack Obama. In 2015, the US President signed Executive Order 13694, which implied targeted sanctions against those who carry out malicious actions in the digital ...
... be explained to the public - both domestic and foreign. China turned out to be a convenient scapegoat; making Beijing responsible for COVID-19 was like pouring oil on already burning US-China fire.
Can we expect a radical shift of the US approach to China after the November elections? Unfortunately, this is not very likely. If Joe Biden replaces Donald Trump in the White House, there will be a clear change in US foreign policy style and rhetoric, but much less in its fundamental goals and aspirations. President Biden might be more inclined to reach tactical truces with Beijing and more reluctant ...
TNI editor Jacob Heilbrunn interviews Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov about the New START Treaty and the state of U.S.-Russia relations.
Heilbrunn
: The U.S. is pushing very hard against China right now, at least rhetorically. China has vowed to smash any Taiwanese move toward independence and looks to be cracking down in Hong Kong as well. Do you see this as another instance where American overt bellicosity ends up boomeranging and pushing ...
As the 2020 election approaches, Trump is being urged to combat the charge that his administration was not prepared to take on the pandemic
In reviewing the excruciating pressure imposed on U.S. President Donald Trump to drop his efforts to achieve a collaborative relationship with China's President Xi Jinping, it is useful to review the strategy outlined by former United Kingdom Ambassador to Washington, Sir Kim Darroch, to manipulate him to adopt British policy initiatives. The {Daily Mail} published on July 6, 2019 leaked diplomatic ...
It’s not an ideological war, but rather a soft power battle
There has been a blame game between Washington and Beijing regarding the source of the COVID-19. As stated by the
Guardian
and
China Daily
, President Donald Trump and other American officials, have labelled Covid-19 the “Chinese virus” or the “Wuhan Virus” . One White House official is reported to have also labelled the virus the “Kung Flu”. The Republican senator Tom Cotton questioned ...
... Democrats.
Of course, in the eight remaining months before the election, a variety of surprises could occur. But, apparently, Donald Trump’s chances of reelection in November are very high, and they continue to grow literally with every passing week.... ... international arena, Trump recently managed to conclude an extremely important Phase 1 agreement between the United States and China to resolve bilateral trade disputes.
What will Trump’s increasingly likely second term mean for America and the rest of ...
... differ much, but for Trump the main thing is to declare a “grand victory”), as well as economic pressure and a trade war with China, which allowed a deal with it on more favourable terms for the United States. This deal is another of Trump’s aces in ... ... immigration itself, but also crime and drug trafficking, which poison the life of Americans in general.
It is also significant that Donald Trump stressed the efforts of his administration in the field of education and health care, which in fact are not the highest ...
