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Only Trump’s tariffs can fix a rigged global trading system

After decades of cheating the United States, world leaders should know this: tariffs are just the beginning.

The international trade system is broken – and Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariff doctrine will fix it. This long-overdue restructuring will make both the US and global economies more resilient and prosperous by restoring fairness and balance to a system rigged against America.

For decades, under the biased rules of the World Trade Organisation, the US has faced systematically higher tariffs from its major trading partners and far more punitive non-tariff barriers.

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