In less than a week from now the United States President Donald Trump will enact Act Two of his tariff war.
After having slapped China, Mexico and Canada with additional tariffs, on 2 April he will impose reciprocal tariffs on imports from all countries.
This will impact both friends and foes. And yes, this list includes India.
President Donald Trump dubs this as “liberation day” for the United States.
How will this impact the world economy, which is still recovering from the back-to-back economic shocks beginning with the covid-19 pandemic?
Will this trigger a trade war? How will India cope with this challenge?
To answer this and more StratNewsGlobal.Tech spoke to T S Vishwanath, a trade expert and founder of VeK, a research and advisory firm on Capital Calculus.
Anil Padmanabhan has been a journalist for the last 36 years. He has worked in various capacities in several publications including Afternoon Despatch & Courier, Press Trust of India, Business Standard, Mint and was based in New York for India Today. He was a Nieman Fellow in 2001. He tweets at @capitalcalculus.
