Lee Jones

1 month ago | americanaffairsjournal.org | Lee Jones |Julius Krein |Lee Jones

What meaning—if any—can we discern in President Trump’s decisions to impose, and then pause, tariffs on the entire world? And what does this mean for the future of world order? At the time of writing, Trump seems to be retreating from the most aggressive tariff actions, promising a new round of trade “deals,” including with China. Nonetheless, the economic and geopolitical shockwaves unleashed by “liberation day” have yet to subside.