Are America’s tariffs here to stay? | The Economist Insider
A year into Donald Trump’s second term, global trade has been transformed. America has abandoned its role as guardian of the post-1945 order, instead wielding tariffs to punish political foes and pressure friends. Jamieson Greer, America’s trade representative, joins David Rennie, The Economist’s geopolitics editor, to defend Team Trump’s approach to America First trade. He explains why tariffs are permanent, reveals his plan if the Supreme Court tariff ruling doesn’t go Mr Trump’s way, and gives his take on a recent Economist cover story.
Mr Greer is America’s trade representative. In the first Trump administration, he was chief of staff to his predecessor, Robert Lighthizer. A trade attorney by background, he served in Iraq as a military lawyer.