The redeployments would encourage allies to shoulder more of their defense and leave U.S. forces less vulnerable to mass missile attacks, the analysts say.

Vietnam was the first in Asia to strike a deal, but it has little leverage against Washington, and is now facing levies up to 40%. The same goes for Cambodia. A poor country heavily reliant on exports, it has been negotiating a deal as Trump threatens 35% tariffs.

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Beijing has launched a fiery response to the U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of a sweeping 50% tariff on Chinese copper imports, calling the move reckless and “dangerous.” Chinese officials accused Trump of reigniting an aggressive trade war that threatens global markets and bilateral stability.

The Trump administration is expected to announce new trade actions and Pete Hegseth and Benjamin Netanyahu meet

The U.S. president is posting copies of separate letters addressed to Brunei, the Philippines, Iraq, Algeria, Moldova and Libya. Each country’s letter has its own tariff rate: 30% on Algeria, 25% on Brunei,

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that there needed to be a “genuine rebalancing” in the China-Europe relationship.

Global copper traders are offering cargoes to Chinese buyers as they look to offload metal no longer able to reach the U.S. before President Donald Trump's 50% copper tariff deadline.Trump said late on Wednesday he would impose the new tariff from August 1 to promote domestic production of everything from semiconductors to ammunition.

While President Trump correctly identified China as America’s primary geopolitical challenge, his transactional “America First” foreign policy is a “profoundly self-destructive” mistake that undermines the very alliances needed to compete.