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So 1 country down, 193 to go? Threatening the entire world with a financial meltdown is not a bluff, or in any way a reasonable thing to do. It's tantamount to

So 1 country down, 193 to go? Threatening the entire world with a financial meltdown is not a bluff, or in any way a reasonable thing to do. It's tantamount to a declaration of war, and we'd get what we deserve if the rest of the world treated it that way. Either way, the stature and role of the US internationally has been forever altered, and not positively.

alephnerd 1y ago
> So 1 country down, 193 to go One of America's largest trading partners (6th largest import market) so there's that. Furthermore, India is also working on announcing a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the US before the QUAD Summit in October (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-03/trump-piles-pressure-on-friend-modi-with-26-tariff-on-india https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-03/trump-pil...) Other large countries also have delegations in the midst of negotiations already - like SK (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-03/south-korea-holds-emergency-meeting-to-cope-with-tariff-crisis https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-03/south-kor...). The EU has also started negotiating (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-04/eu-begins-us-tariff-talks-while-accepting-end-of-old-world-order https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-04/eu-begins...) And Canada and Mexico remain under NAFTA/USMCA. Tl;dr - most of America's largest trading partners are in the midst of negotiations or exempt.