“Trump has set light to the global economy”, campaigners say following Trump tariffs

“Trump has set light to the global economy”, campaigners say following Trump tariffs

Date: 3 April 2025
Campaigns: Trade

Commenting on Trump’s tariff announcement, Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now said:

Trump has set light to the global economy and unleashed a world of pain, not least on a group of developing countries that will suffer tremendous impoverishment as a result of his punitive tariffs. All those affected must come together and stand up to this bully by building a very different international economy that promotes the interests of ordinary people rather than the oligarchs standing behind Trump. For all its scraping and crawling, the UK got no special treatment here, and the government should learn this lesson fast: they need to stop giving away our rights and protections in a futile effort to appease Donald Trump.”


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