Trump kicks all of Asia into the China tariff boat

Donald Trump’s second trade war is a battle of one against all. Reciprocal tariffs announced on Wednesday by the White House hit China with a hike of 34 percentage points, taking the fresh levies on exports from the People’s Republic up 54 percentage points in the 10 weeks since the U.S. president took office. Nor did he spare those who tried to surrender rather than retaliate. Some countries are worse off than others, but Washington has put all of Asia in pretty much the same tariff boat.Read More