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The 3 rules to understand Trump’s tariffs

Countries must remember that the US president’s trade policy is about power and security, not economics.

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T-day – or Tariff Day – is coming this week. Or not.

We simply won’t know until it’s here, given that US President Donald Trump changes his mind about policy daily.

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Rana Foroohar is a global business columnist and an associate editor at the Financial Times, based in New York. She is also CNN’s global economic analyst.
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