https://www.scmp.com/rss/521055/feed Lori Wallach is director of the Rethink Trade programme at the American Economic Liberties Project. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com As the clock ticks down to Donald Trump’s planned imposition of “reciprocal tariffs” on US trade partners on April 2, Trump’s opponents have been attacking tariffs as a price-raising menace, rather than indicting Trump’s two-month master class on how to misuse a potentially effective policy tool. Many Democrats seem to have forgotten that Joe Biden increased the size and scope of the first Trump administration’s tariffs on imports from China. And while Biden raised tariffs in 2024, inflation... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3304085/trumps-trade-policy-misguided-dont-be-quick-blame-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3304085/trumps-trade-policy-misguided-dont-be-quick-blame-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:30:07 +0000