Trump’s 14-Nation Tariff Plan Unnerves China and Pressures Southeast Asia
US Tariff Strategy Targets China’s Trade Partners When US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to extend a pause on “reciprocal” tariffs until August 1, it offered little comfort to China. Instead, Beijing’s policymakers may feel increasingly cornered, as Washington also moved to target 14 countries—many of them China’s close trading partners—with…