‘Trade war on steroids’: Trump launches inflation gamble

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James Politi, Aime Williams and Sam Fleming

Feb 2, 2025 – 9.48am

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Donald Trump has long declared himself a “tariff man” willing to impose sweeping levies on imports from countries that have hurt America.

But on Sunday AEDT, the 78-year-old US president took the first dramatic step of his second term towards putting that vision into practice – placing trade wars and economic nationalism at the top of his agenda.

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