Case Files tagged: "Trade"
4 case files found with this tag.
Facing record beef prices caused partly by his own tariffs, President Trump proposes flooding the U.S. market with Argentine beef. This contradicts his 'America First' doctrine and enrages domestic ranchers, but serves to prop up the struggling government of ideological ally Javier Milei.
The Trump administration operationalizes a 'pay-to-play' trade policy, demanding massive, often vague financial investment pledges from South Korea ($350B), Japan ($550B), and the EU ($600B) in exchange for lowering threatened tariff rates.
President Trump issues an executive order imposing a 40% tariff on 'transshipped' goods, creating immense uncertainty for global supply chains. The order's vague 'rules of origin' and the administration's oscillating stance on China maximize executive leverage over multinational corporations.
President Trump's threat of a punitive 50% tariff on Lesotho—a small African nation exporting textiles duty-free—caused immediate factory closures and mass layoffs before any policy was enacted. The final 15% rate did not reverse the devastation.
