▶ The Trump administration’s latest tariff measures against South Korea rest on shaky analytical and legal grounds.▶ The supposed justification of “reciprocity” is undermined by flawed assumptions and methodological inconsistencies.▶ The weaponization of tariffs risks weakening long-standing relationships at a time when global economic and security challenges require deeper cooperation...

●  The United States and China have agreed to a temporary 90-day pause in their escalating trade war, offering a narrow window to resolve trade tensions, though underlying policy disagreements and strategic competition remain unresolved.●  Efforts to reach a lasting agreement are complicated by unclear U.S. trade objectives, enforcement issues from previous deals, recent legal setbacks for the...

● Trump’s “America First” vision, repackaged through the MAGA (Make America Great Again) doctrine, in essence is not isolationism. It’s industrial nationalism. The high-tariff threats, reciprocal trade policies, and accusations of allied freeloading are not ends in themselves. They are tactics—political theater meant to provoke shifts in global manufacturing, especially away from China and toward U.S...