Analysis | How a year of Trump policies and tariff threats has remade global trade
- Posted on March 29, 2026
- By Washington Post
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Analysis | How a year of Trump policies and tariff threats has remade global trade

Trade deficits are down, but factory jobs are, too, and inflation is up. However you slice it, a year of uneven policymaking profoundly reshaped U.S. engagement with the globe.