Joe Biden’s Trade War

Are trade wars all Trump’s fault?

One of the left’s major criticisms of United States President Donald Trump is that he launched a trade war on U.S. allies.

“Trump’s New Tariffs Are Causing America’s Closest Friends to View Him as a Hostile Threat,” blared the New Yorker. A New York Times opinion piece explained “How to Stop Trump’s Trade War Madness.” Pete Buttigieg coauthored a piece at Foreign Policy that explained, “Four years of neglect, unilateralism, and failed diplomacy have left America’s alliances in tatters. It’s time to rebuild them.”

Rebuilding those alliances was a key plank of Joe Biden’s election campaign. Yet the Biden administration is on the brink of starting a new trade war with Europe, bigger than anything Donald Trump ever did.

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