Secret for Trump's "crazy" tariffs, accidental Ambassador Ishowspeed: SCP Daily bench

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1. Economists reveal the simple secret for Trump’s “crazy” tariff plan

“This is for the economy that is the creationism for biology,” says Lawrence Summers, the former secretary of wakes and the director of the National Economic Council.

2. Donald Trump’s choice for the Beijing envoy asserts US commitment to a One-China policy

President Donald Trump’s candidate for the Beijing ambassador said on Thursday that the American leader’s strategy would involve “some pain” and claimed that allies should do more to counteract the Asian country.

3. From Guangdong to LA, Superstorm Tariff changes the course of business extensions

A Tokyo street monitor shows US President Donald Trump, speaking on Wednesday, when he announced new fares in American imports in Japan and dozens of other countries. Photo: Kyodo

Enterprises rethink their plans after Trump unleashes the whirlwind of tariffs, and analysts say that while commercial barriers could be overcome, others must “abandon the desired thinking.”