Trump does not rule the world

The Trump administration cannot be allowed to get away with this thuggish behaviour that risks global depression, global peace and security and sustainability. It can be stopped and we have to do everything, with allies, to ensure that.

U.S. President Donald Trump's 'MAGA aggression,' if implemented, would be even more destructive than the highly protectionist trade policies of the 1930s that played such a great role in extending and deepening the Great Depression, writes David Crane. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

March 3, 2025

TORONTO—On Feb. 13, U.S. President Donald Trump sent a directive to key trade officials on his intention introduce a “fair and reciprocal plan” to counter what he called unfair “non-reciprocal trading arrangements” with U.S. trading partners. Trump remains wedded ...

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