Trump’s Art of the Trade Deal

The tariff pause leaves unchanged the president’s policy vision to battle unfair trading practices, to fight hard for export market access, and to create a level playing field.

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President Trump announces new tariffs at the White House Rose Garden, April 2, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Say what you will, and most people were screaming, but the fact is President Trump’s original “Liberation Day” announcement of punitive reciprocal tariff charges on almost everyone in the world has actually worked.

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