The move reflects France’s strategic recalibration amid rising domestic pressures, European fragmentation over Gaza and a widening rift with Washington.
The quick about-turns expose the internal contradictions – and lack of comprehensive planning – in US trade policy and its broader global economic implications.
American consumers and workers will feel the pain induced by the tariffs imposed on countries around the world
Europe faces a choice: continue with a transatlantic alliance with the Trump administration that is conditional, or explore a new balance with China
For an agricultural sector that depends on international markets, short-term protectionist measures offer little benefit and erode long-term competitiveness
The president’s tariffs were intended to assert US dominance, but they are increasingly a self-inflicted wound that may undermine the economic strength he champions
This plan, dressed in the language of logistics or development, is unmistakably a manifestation of a hard-line agenda aimed at erasing Palestinian presence from the land
Booming China seems to be patiently playing the long game, unperturbed by Trump’s tariff threats which could ultimately punish US consumers
But his statements feel like a distraction, a manufactured spectacle to deflect attention from America’s real crises
While the rhetoric of protectionism resonates with voters frustrated by industrial decline, its implications are far-reaching and perilous