Trump’s New Tariff Policy: Global Supply Chain Restructuring and Corporate “Resilient Survival”

Trump’s New Tariff Policy: Global Supply Chain Restructuring and Corporate “Resilient Survival” — An Analysis of the Underlying Trade War Logic from Both Entrepreneurial and Economic Perspectives I. Policy Design: Contradictory Calculation Logic and Irreversible Global Impact On April 2, 2025, the Trump administration announced its “reciprocal tariff” policy. Ostensibly promoted under the banner of “fair trade,” the policy harbors several internal contradictions. According to official documents, the U.S. levies a 10% base tariff on all countries while imposing additional differentiated rates on nations with large trade deficits. For example, China faces a 34% reciprocal tariff that, when combined with an existing 20% rate, results in an overall tariff of 54%; other countries such as those in the EU, Japan, and Vietnam see rates ranging between 20% and 49%. A key point of controversy lies in the calculation method: it has been reported that the White House employs a...