Barron’s (April 4)
“The tariff damage can’t be undone.” Many uncertainties still remain regarding the extent of their ultimate impact, how much the world will reorient to exclude the U.S., and the benefit the tariffs will provide China. However, “the scope, speed and magnitude of the Trump administration’s tariff blitz” made one point “crystal clear: The post–World War II global world economic order is no longer.”
Tags: Damage, Economic order, Exclude, Extent, Global, Impact, Magnitude, Post–World War II, Reorient, Scope, Speed, Tariff, Trump, U.S., Uncertainties, Undone
New York Times (August 21)
“The speed and scope of the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan has prompted introspection in the West over what went wrong…. China, though, is looking forward. It is ready to step into the void left by the hasty U.S. retreat to seize a golden opportunity.”
Tags: Afghanistan, China, Hasty, Introspection, Opportunity, Retreat, Scope, Speed, Takeover, Taliban, U.S., Void
