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The new tariff order: how poor countries got played

The Trump administration’s sweeping tariff overhaul flipped decades of Untied States (US) trade policy. Tariffs—once a shield for domestic industries—were recast as instruments of pressure and punishment. While headlines focused on battles with China and the European Union, the bigger losers were poorer nations with the least power to fight...

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