Comment on “Mutual Tariffs far exceed expectations—Trump calls it a ‘Declaration of economic independence’” [in Japanese]
On April 3, 2025, a comment on the Asahi Shimbun article “Mutual Tariffs far exceed expectations—Trump calls it a ‘Declaration of economic independence’” by Professor Maiko Ichihara (Graduate School of Law) was published. The article outlines U.S. President Donald Trump’s newly announced “mutual tariff” policy, unveiled on April 2, analyzes the shift in his positioning of tariffs, which has grown even harder-line than during his first administration. Professor Ichihara questioned the long-term viability of maintaining a cooperative negotiating posture toward Trump and emphasized the need to reshape the negotiation framework itself by moving away from bilateral talks, which Trump prefers, and toward multilateral negotiations.
