Trade Wars

Trump’s Tariff War a Mean Spirited Bust So Far, but It Could Get Worse

April 19, 2025 UNAC Editor China, Trade Wars

Editorial, April 19, 2025 Initially Trump used an executive order to impose high tariffs derived from a bizarre calculation on more than one hundred nations including all of Asia, most of Africa, our European allies, and China. This was, in essence, a declaration of war on the world. It was also the kickoff of a war on the middle and[…]

Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Reverse Globalization or Resurrect America’s Dying Industrial Base

April 5, 2025 UNAC Editor Global Trade, Racism, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Soft Power Imperialism, Trade Wars, US Foreign Policy

by Jon Jeter, published on Black Agenda Report, April 2, 2025 Throughout history, trade restrictions have reshaped economies for good or for ill. As Trump increases tariffs across industries, it is clear that this move will not revitalize the economy as he claims. Rather, it stands to create further hardship for Black and working class people. While it was not[…]

Say No to Trump’s Tariffs and Anti-China Policy

April 1, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Blowback, China, Global Trade, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Trade Wars, U.S. Hegemony, US Government Action

by Mick Kelly, published on Workers World, March 20, 2025 The following statement has been issued by the Friends of Socialist China U.S. Committee in response to the Trump administration’s announcement of new tariffs on Chinese imports. The statement was posted on socialistchina.org on March 14, 2025. The [Donald] Trump administration’s decision to slap additional tariffs on the People’s Republic[…]

Socialists in Canada, the United States and Mexico say NO to Trump’s Imperialist Bluster

March 31, 2025 UNAC Editor American Exceptionalism, Global Trade, Labor, Migrants and Refugees, The Working Class, Trade Wars, TradeWars, Trumpism, U.S. Aggression

by Socialist Action, March 20, 2025 Workers, women, youth, and allies – Take Direct Action to Stop the Trade War! American President Donald Trump fosters chaos. His aim is to enrich himself and his corporate cronies, even turning against America’s erstwhile capitalist allies. The working class and low-income folks are sure to suffer the most in Trump’s infernal tariff war. […]

Your Mind Is A Battlefield: Decolonize It To Prevent Global Catastrophe!

October 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, American Exceptionalism, Anti-Imperialism, Asia Pivot, Capitalism, Censorship and Propaganda, China, Cold War, Economic Blockade, Racism, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Taiwan, Trade Wars, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy, Visions of a Future

by K.J. Noh, published on Popular Resistance, October 2, 2024 The rise of China is one of the greatest success stories in the history of human civilization. Talk delivered for the event “Changes Not Seen in a Century: 75th Anniversary of Founding of PRC”. Friends, Colleagues, Comrades, It’s a great honor for me to join you in this extraordinary, historical moment of[…]

Imperial Hypocrisy of the US-China Climate Talks

September 26, 2024 UNAC Editor China, Climate Change, Green Energy, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Trade Wars

by Megan Russell, submitted September 25, 2024 Earlier this month, US climate envoy John Podesta met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing to discuss climate financing for the upcoming years. The US has long criticized China’s approach to confronting the climate threat, and continuously pushes Chinese leaders to do more. At the same time, US leaders label China’s[…]

How Did China Lose 1.4 Billion People’s Soybean Market to the US?

August 20, 2024 UNAC Editor China, Commodity Markets, Economics, Global Trade, Trade Wars, U.S. Aggression

from The China Academy, published on the Orinoco Tribune, July 26, 2024 Editor’s note: This article is rather long, but it lays out the aggressive business practices of giant U.S. Corporations, showing how they take over entire global industries and undermine the economies of competitor countries. These practices are used to dominate many resource rich third world countries, but as[…]

Houthi Red Sea Crisis Rages On as US Admits Its Impotence and Asks China to Help

January 28, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, China, Global Economics, Middle East Wars, Trade Wars, US Foreign Policy, Yemen

by Uriel Araujo, published on InfoBRICS, January 26, 2024 The Financial Times reported that, over the last three months, Washington has repeatedly asked Beijing to pressure Iran into curbing the Houthi rebels. Both the White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly talked about the matter with their Chinese counterparts. Sullivan is even flying[…]

Joe Biden Triggers Paralysis in the Production of Strategic Semiconductor Chips

July 30, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, China, Global Trade, Taiwan, Trade Wars, U.S. Aggression

by Prof Michel Chossudovsky, published on Global Research, July 23, 2023 Semiconductors constitute a strategic commodity, used in a variety of sectors including electronics, medical devices, electronic and communications networks etc. There is evidence of manipulation, which has led to artificial shortages of semiconductors affecting a number of key sectors of the global economy. There are geopolitical implications: US Confrontation[…]

US Chip War Hurts Taiwan

December 5, 2022 UNAC Editor China, Economic Blockade, Global Trade, New Cold War, Taiwan, Trade Wars, TradeWars

by Uriel Araujo, published on InfoBRICS, December 5, 2022 Once settled in the US, TSMC will have to pay higher wages and deal with U.S. constraints. It will once and for all lose it’s previous main buyer, Huawei. So yes, Taiwan will lose, but the US may not win. This imperial initiative to control critical resources may well result in[…]