China and the U.S. are hurtling toward an all-out trade war as Donald Trump prepares to unleash a new wave of tariffs against dozens of partners. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/09/markets/us-china-clash-trump-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #us #republicans #donaldtrump #china #trade
The "trade" qualification will lose meaning as #Trump loses patience.
In the current time, #journalists need to understand the real motives, the possible futures, when a person seems to be destroying their own country's (#usa) best parts.
The "better futures" promised by people indifferent to suffering, the ones they look forward to, are the ones where they get to say: now its even clearer I am in control. That's what #autocracy means, and if that's the goal, then #tariffs are just a means to an end for them, not a better world for the people.