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Trump’s Tariffs Signal a Belated Adjustment of America’s Global Leadership After the West’s Victory in the Cold War

A defensive alliance is being transformed into a system in which everybody is pulling their weight and paying their way.

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

President Trump’s “Liberation Day” of increased tariffs naturally produced a widely varied and often agitated response. Any evaluation of his tariff policy must be made in the context of the belated post-Cold War adjustment of American leadership. 

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CONRAD BLACK
CONRAD BLACK

Lord Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, was Chairman of Hollinger International Inc. and a founding director of the New York Sun.

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