💰 TARIFF BLITZ BACKFIRES: U.S. SLAPS 10% DUTY ON 100 COUNTRIES AFTER FAILED 90-DAY THREAT WINDOW
Henri Jose
The U.S. has officially imposed a 10% blanket tariff on imports from roughly 100 countries after a failed 90-day ultimatum aimed at forcing rapid-fire trade deals. The warning was clear: “Make a deal or pay the price.” But as of July 9, not a single comprehensive agreement was finalized, leaving the Biden-Trump tariff doctrine exposed as high-pressure posturing with no real outcome.
Despite diplomatic noise and rushed negotiations—where over 75 countries entered talks—skepticism about U.S. demands, particularly "reciprocal tariff enforcement" and supply chain reshoring conditions, torpedoed the process. Trade partners saw Washington’s terms not as negotiation, but as economic coercion dressed in nationalist rhetoric.
Instead of targeted, strategic pacts, the U.S. defaulted to blunt-force protectionism. Now American businesses and consumers are left holding the bill. From electronics to auto parts to clothing, the new tariff load will hike prices, squeeze profit margins, and further disrupt global supply chains already under strain.
Economically, this is a self-inflicted wound. Diplomatically, it shows a White House—and a broader U.S. elite—detached from global consensus. Countries like Brazil, India, and even EU states viewed the tariff clock as an act of unilateral economic aggression, not a legitimate policy mechanism.
The result? Washington has isolated itself further on trade, while emerging powers gain leverage by pushing back. China, meanwhile, sits back and watches as U.S. soft power burns in a dumpster fire of failed threats.
This wasn’t a negotiation—it was a shakedown. And it failed. Blanket tariffs are a sign of policy bankruptcy, not strength. The U.S. just launched a global trade war with a shotgun blast—and it might end up shooting itself in the foot, economically and geopolitically.
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