On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, all eyes were on the US and its expected tariff announcements.
I'm not saying this because I live in the US and I have an overinflated sense of this country's importance in the world. Rather, I say this because the scope of those tariffs was expected to affect trade with most other nations in the world, although to what exact degree was largely kept unclear until the actual time of the announcement. If we pretend the world and all its nations are a squabbling family, we're the drunk uncle you laugh nervously about inviting to the party, because you're not sure how we're going to act.
And sure enough, the official announcement of the tariffs did, indeed, include a little something for almost every nation outside US borders, with a few notable exceptions.
