And thank goodness the forty-seventh President of the United States of America would not have started wars during his term. Because, the one on customs duties, started on April 2 by the President of the United States of America himself against many countries, among which China could certainly not be missing, as well as against the European Union, how else could it be defined?
“Liberation Day” for the United States according to the President's announcements, since the United States, in his opinion, would have freed itself from the injustices suffered by all the countries of the world. If we then want to consider that the only exception, which should at least make us reflect, seems to be represented by Vladimir Putin's Russia, which has so far remained unscathed by the duties, then the circumstance could take on connotations that are at least singular.
Donald Trump's "war", in short, would seem to be different, or rather, it would be fought with tariffs, and more precisely, as far as it has been possible to understand, with "entry" tariffs, or, to put it simply, with a surcharge on imported goods. The intent pursued, assuming that it can succeed, would seem to be that of benefiting local companies by penalizing foreign ones.
That the repercussions of such an economic approach will probably not be long in making themselves felt in the short and medium term is a foregone conclusion, even considering the current historical moment. But, perhaps, Donald Trump's actions reflect different aspects and effects.
Since his reinstatement at the White House, Donald Trump has wanted to offer a completely new imprint to his mandate, manifesting a political ideology that goes against the grain of the past. If we want to use a graphic scheme of geopolitics, the European Union, currently very weak in terms of strategic autonomy because it currently lacks real political unity, which it seems to be lacking, insists right in the middle between the United States and Russia, that is, between two very large spheres of influence from which it risks being perhaps overwhelmed and/or in any case heavily conditioned, resulting in Xi-Jin-Ping's China, in this moment, well being that very powerful counterweight useful to counter both American and Soviet expansionism.
