Claims
Kyle Sweetser"He [Trump] wants to go authoritarian and launch trade wars with everyone on earth."May 18, 2025
Bob Carr"Trump's tariffs confirm the US has opened a trade war against NATO allies and Japan, South Korea and Australia."May 18, 2025
Larry Summers"We are united in our belief that broad-based tariffs will impede economic growth, risk triggering a trade war, and inflicting long-term harm on the economy."Feb 03, 2025
Associated Press"Long-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into trade wars abroad."May 13, 2025
Robert Reich"Trump's idiotic tariffs (and his general misunderstanding of how they work) have unleashed a new global trade war."May 18, 2025
World Economic Forum"Large majorities of the chief economists surveyed expect a trade war of tit-for-tat trade restrictions between the US and China (89%) and more broadly (68%)."Jan 20, 2025
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo"A trade war is being stoked between the two largest economies of the world."Apr 09, 2019
CNN"Assuming the full range of tariffs are implemented and there are no last minute opt-outs — a possibility that can’t be ignored given Trump's past reversals — the world is set for a full-scale trade war."Apr 03, 2025
Josh Lipsky"US President Donald Trump has launched a global economic war without any allies."Apr 08, 2025
Glenn Ivey"We're facing a global trade war that could send us [the US] into a recession."May 18, 2025
Financial Times"The US has escalated a global trade war with sweeping new tariffs that will hit the EU and some of the poorest countries in the world the hardest."May 18, 2025
The Kobeissi Letter"42% of respondents now see global trade war as the most bearish development for risk assets in 2025, up from January's 30%."May 18, 2025
Mireya Solís"A universal 10%-20% tariff, a 60% duty on goods manufactured in China and/or revocation of its most-favored-nation status, and the abandonment of the World Trade Organization would bring economic havoc that pales in comparison to the first U.S.-China trade war. "Nov 14, 2024
