American Studies | Huang Jing: As Trump Shuts the Door on Global Trade, Where Is the Key?

On April 2, Trump announced the imposition of a 10% “base tariff” on nearly all countries and “reciprocal tariffs” on more than 60 “violating” countries and regions, launching a global tariff war. His aim is to attempt to abolish the current free trade system framed by the WTO and rebuild a trade system that is beneficial to and dominated by the United States.1. The Global Free Trade System ...

American Studies | Buckle up: Next US administration's policies will be determined by dollar-denominated markers on self-made scale of interests

The US president-elect Donald Trump has made himself an enemy of the political establishment, and a maverick whose rules differ from the rest of the world, centered on challenging and changing all the existing systems, including those of the Western countries. What he brings to the White House will not just be his furniture and staff, but a fundamentally different political culture and governing b...