{"id":9475,"date":"2025-02-02T16:15:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T08:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=9475"},"modified":"2025-02-02T16:15:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T08:15:53","slug":"wall-street-journal-slams-trumps-tariff-plans-the-dumbest-trade-war-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=9475","title":{"rendered":"Wall Street Journal slams Trump\u2019s tariff plans: \u2018The dumbest trade war in history\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3.jpg 694w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wall Street Journal\u2019s editorial board published a punchy Saturday op-ed listing all the failed reasons for President Trump\u2019s tariff plan, citing a declining trend in trade and manufacturing culpability following signed sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump on Saturday imposed significant tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, fueling a potential trade war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China are SIGNED!\u201d White House spokesperson Harrison Fields posted on X. \u201cThis bold move holds these countries accountable for stopping illegal immigration and the flow of dangerous drugs like fentanyl.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLeaving China aside, Mr. Trump\u2019s justification for this economic assault on the neighbors makes no sense,\u201d the board wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writers challenged the idea that exorbitant pricing for imports and exports would urge neighboring governments to stem the flow of illicit drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhite House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says they\u2019ve \u2018enabled illegal drugs to pour into America. But drugs have flowed into the U.S. for decades, and will continue to do so as long as Americans keep using them,\u201d read the Wall Street Journal op-ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Up Next &#8211; Top FBI officials brace for Trump shake-up<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNeither country can stop it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The board denied the notion that increasing the cost of business deals between borders would lead to a fulfilling economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMr. Trump sometimes sounds as if the U.S. shouldn\u2019t import anything at all, that America can be a perfectly closed economy making everything at home. This is called autarky, and it isn\u2019t the world we live in, or one that we should want to live in, as Mr. Trump may soon find out,\u201d they outlined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTake the U.S. auto industry, which is really a North American industry because supply chains in the three countries are highly integrated. In 2024 Canada supplied almost 13% of U.S. imports of auto parts and Mexico nearly 42%. Industry experts say a vehicle made on the continent goes back and forth across borders a half dozen times or more, as companies source components and add value in the most cost-effective ways,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd everyone benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The board alleged that the car industry, farm goods and oil would suffer from the president\u2019s new policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNone of this is supposed to happen under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement that Mr. Trump negotiated and signed in his first term. The U.S. willingness to ignore its treaty obligations, even with friends, won\u2019t make other countries eager to do deals,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMaybe Mr. Trump will claim victory and pull back if he wins some token concessions. But if a North American trade war persists, it will qualify as one of the dumbest in history.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wall Street Journal\u2019s editorial board published a punchy Saturday op-ed listing all the failed reasons for President Trump\u2019s tariff plan, citing a declining trend in trade and manufacturing culpability following signed sanctions. 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