Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminium could see billions of dollars' worth of Canadian metals being redirected and dumped on Europe. Could this spark a second transatlantic trade war?
I probably misremembered it, but they called him an hardline negotiator
The concern naturally points to another. After all, the Trump administration is full of hardline negotiators – including Trump himself – who are skilled in the dark arts of pitting allies and friends against one another.
Ah, fair. To me “hardline” doesn’t say anything about being good at it, just that he’s aggressive (which is true). But calling Trump skilled at negotiation seems wrong, or at least his skill seems to be in a very narrow type of zero-sum negotiation which is not well suited for the geopolitical level.
I probably misremembered it, but they called him an hardline negotiator
Ah, fair. To me “hardline” doesn’t say anything about being good at it, just that he’s aggressive (which is true). But calling Trump skilled at negotiation seems wrong, or at least his skill seems to be in a very narrow type of zero-sum negotiation which is not well suited for the geopolitical level.