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Trump tariffs are increasingly forcing countries to pick sides between the US and China
President Trump’s trade wars are increasingly forcing countries to choose between the US and its main adversaries, China and Russia. It’s a theme that has been evident for months but has been on heightened display this week, with headlines from India to Mexico underscoring that nations are not necessarily destined to choose the US. On one side is India, which is now facing 50% US tariffs on an array of goods. Those duties are set to be felt in everything from textiles to solar panels in part due to the country’s continued purchases of Russian oil. But a US pressure campaign to stop those purchases has, for now ... (full story)