Trump’s hypocritical new tariffs are a chance for the world to fight back | Joseph Stiglitz
Most businesses and rival governments have concluded that it is better to go along and get along than to stand up to Donald Trump. Photograph: Kylie Cooper/ReutersView image in fullscreenMost businesses and rival governments have concluded that it is better to go along and get along than to stand up to Donald Trump. The US President, Donald Trump, is increasing and decreasing tariffs willy-nilly, violating international agreements that he himself signed and almost surely violating federal law.
- ▪Most businesses and rival governments have concluded that it is better to go along and get along than to stand up to Donald Trump.
- ▪Photograph: Kylie Cooper/ReutersView image in fullscreenMost businesses and rival governments have concluded that it is better to go along and get along than to stand up to Donald Trump.
- ▪The US President, Donald Trump, is increasing and decreasing tariffs willy-nilly, violating international agreements that he himself signed and almost surely violating federal law.
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Most businesses and rival governments have concluded that it is better to go along and get along than to stand up to Donald Trump. Photograph: Kylie Cooper/ReutersView image in fullscreenMost businesses and rival governments have concluded that it is better to go along and get along than to stand up to Donald Trump. Photograph: Kylie Cooper/ReutersProject Syndicate economistsTrump tariffsTrump’s hypocritical new tariffs are a chance for the world to fight backJoseph StiglitzThe president’s pretext of stopping forced labour is only a ruse – he is trying to grab a share of global trade for the USMon 3 Aug 2026 02.00 EDTLast modified on Mon 3 Aug 2026 02.02 EDTShareHere he goes again.
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