#TrumpTariffs **🔴 Trump and Tariffs in 2025: Escalation or Truce? 🇺🇸🌍**
With Donald Trump back in the White House in January 2025, his tariff policies are setting the course for the global economy. What has changed this year? How are China, the EU, and Latin America responding? 📉⚔️
### **📌 The Return of "America First": New Measures in 2025**
Trump fulfilled his campaign promises with a **more aggressive tariff offensive**:
- **🔹 60% tariffs on key Chinese products** (electronics, electric vehicles, steel) 🇨🇳🔥
- **🔹 Universal 10% tax on almost all imports** (with limited exceptions).
- **🔹 Pressure on Mexico and Vietnam** to avoid trade diversions (threats with sanctions).
- **🔹 USMCA Renegotiation**: Demands more auto production in the U.S. 🚗🇺🇸
📊 **Immediate impact**:
✔️ **Price increases** on imported products (from cell phones to clothing).
✔️ **Inflation up** (3.8% in the US, according to latest data).
✔️ **WTO and allies protest**, but Trump ignores the criticism.
### **🌍 Global Reactions in 2025**
🔵 **China**: Strikes back with **selective tariffs on US agriculture and cars**, but avoids all-out war (its economy remains fragile).
🔵 **European Union**: Promotes an **"anti-tariff front"** with other partners, but internal division (Germany vs. France).
🔵 **Mexico**: Negotiates **partial exemptions** in exchange for curbing migration.
🔵 **Mercosur**: Brazil and Argentina seek **bilateral agreements** to avoid losses.
### **💼 Who Wins and Who Loses?**
✅ **They win**:
- **Protected US industry** (steel, automotive).
- **Countries with favorable FTAs** (e.g. South Korea).
❌ **Lose**:
- **Global supply chains** (more expensive and fragmented).
- **Consumers** (higher prices on Amazon, Walmart, etc.).
- **Mexico/Canada**: Uncertainty in manufacturing.
### **🔮 What's Coming?**
- **Possible limited China-US agreement** if the economy weakens.
- **More friction with the EU** (green subsidies vs. tariffs).
- **Risk of global recession** if the trade war escalates.
**📢 What do you think?**
Are Trump's tariffs a **necessary defense** or a **crisis trigger**? Leave us your comment! 🚨