Crises catalyse change
The Trump trade wars are now in full swing, it seems. Steep US import tariffs took effect on goods from Canada, Mexico and China, though some of it was paused again. The uncertainty remains. The European Union (EU) is likely to be next, especially since US President Donald Trump seems to believe that the EU was created to rip off the US. In fact, the EU and its predecessors were created with US support both to prevent a repeat of the catastrophic wars of the first half of the 20th century, and to be a bulwark against Soviet expansion.