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Trump and the general rebalancing of international trade

The tariff increases announced by Donald Trump before his election would have a serious impact on global trade flows.
By Antoine Bouët, Leysa Maty Sall, Yu Zheng
 Post, January 15, 2025

Raising tariffs by 60% on China and 10% on all other partners except Canada and Mexico, combined with retaliatory measures, would mean a collapse of 80.5% in US purchases and 58% in sales with China by 2030, a significant withdrawal from the European Union and a refocusing on North America. As China redirects its overcapacity to other strategic markets while reducing its imports across the board, its trade surplus with the European Union would rise from $14.1 billion to $75.4 billion and its surplus with Mexico from $37.1 billion to $65.2 billion.
 

Impact of the trade war on strategic trade flows in 2030
Percentage change as compared to the CEPII MIRAGE-Power model baseline
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