The Coming Backlash: How the World May Turn on U.S. Business

 March 31, 2025 |John Vidas
It begins not with a bang, but with a vote. A populist surge in American politics breathes new life into an old strategy: tariffs. The promise is familiar—protect American workers, punish foreign “cheaters,” and restore industrial dominance. And once...
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The Illusion of Fair Trade: The Trump Administration’s War on VAT

 March 13, 2025 |John Vidas
It was a brisk autumn morning when Peter Navarro, Trump’s trade counselor, made another fiery appearance on Fox News. With his usual fervor, he laid out a case that had become a hallmark of the administration’s economic rhetoric: the so-called injustice...
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