America’s trading partners have largely failed to retaliate against Donald Trump’s tariff war, allowing a president taunted for “always chickening out” to raise nearly $50bn in extra customs revenues at little cost.
Four months since Trump fired the opening salvo of his trade war, only China and Canada have dared to hit back at Washington imposing a minimum 10 per cent global tariff, 50 per cent levies on steel and aluminium, and 25 per cent on autos.
At the same time US revenues from customs duties hit a record high of $64bn in the second quarter — $47bn more than over the same period last year, according to data published by the US Treasury on Friday.
您已阅读8%（659字），剩余92%（7336字）包含更多重要信息，订阅以继续探索完整内容，并享受更多专属服务。