If you listen to President Donald Trump and his allies discuss his sweeping tariff plans, one word pops up a lot: “Cheating”.
During his April 2 announcement of what he called “Liberation Day”, Trump released a list of new tariffs of up to 50 percent on virtually every country – a plan that took effect at midnight on April 9 before he abruptly issued a 90-day pause hours later. (His April 9 change in course increased tariffs on China and kept a 10 percent across-the-board tariff on virtually all trading partners.)
