Ask HN: What’s the strategy behind the US Administration’s trade policies?

For some time now, I’ve been trying to zoom out and understand the bigger strategy behind the current U.S. administration’s actions.

So on the surface, many of these moves, such as the increasing application of tariffs, even on close allies like Canada, seem disruptive, counterproductive, and damaging to both the U.S. economy and long-term international relationships that United States have been building for decades.

Considering how much US relies on many of these trade partners, I find it hard to believe that these actions are purely shortsighted or reactionary. There must be a broader strategic goal in play.

However, from my perspective, the logic behind it isn’t entirely clear and I refuse to believe that POTUS and his closest advisors haven’t thought this through. From what I have witnessed, Republicans come across to me as the party that engages in the most strategic maneuvering compared to their rivals.

All that said, can someone please chime in and shed light on this for me?

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