Washington’s 50% tariff move signals a shift—economic interests now trump ideological alignments in global trade

By Dr Prashant Kumar Choudhary, Alok Aditya

The United States has announced sweeping tariff hikes across dozens of trading partners, with India and Brazil facing the steepest blow — 50 per cent duties, its highest yet. The new rates signal a significant shift in Washington’s approach to trade, revealing a deeper recalibration in how the US views ideology and economic order in a multipolar world.

The idea of globalisation-led capitalism, which had been the selling point of the developed Western countries (such as the US, the UK, France, and Germany) to the Asian, Latin, and African countries, seems more off track. The tariff imposition does not fit the ideology aligned wit

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