Mikel Sandór Piña
Synopsis The Tariff DemonTariff War: A War No One Will Win When tariffs become traps and allies become enemies, the whole world burns. This isn’t just a war between the US and China: it’s a global conflagration where even the closest partners become rivals. Canada and Mexico, caught between tariffs on their steel and threats to break the USMCA; Europe, battered by green subsidies that stifle its automakers; and Asian giants, from Japan to India, forced to choose between US protectionism and Chinese hegemony.How does a system built on supply chains and trust collapse? The United States is firing at everyone: imposing tariffs on Canadian aluminum, blocking European electric cars, and sabotaging Mexican technology. But each tariff bullet explodes in its face: runaway inflation, paralyzed factories, and a debt that devours its future. Meanwhile, China responds by strangling access to rare earths, Europe punishes Tesla with green taxes, and emerging markets flee the dollar.No one is left out. The conflict poisons even the unthinkable: Mexican avocados, French wine, South Korean chips, and Russian gas are becoming weapons. Old alliances (NATO, G7) are crumbling, and new blocs are emerging: BRICS, trading in yuan, Europe embracing the digital euro, and African countries paying in gold.The cost is being paid by the same people as always. American workers seeing their jobs migrate to Vietnam, Mexican farmers stifled by subsidized corn, European engineers unemployed due to the chip shortage. And at the center, a global economy on the brink of a heart attack: broken chains, currencies at war, and a recession that doesn’t spare borders.The outcome? A fragmented world where winning means not losing faster than the other. This book is a journey into the heart of the perfect tariff storm , where every political decision accelerates the chaos. Because when tariffs are the answer, questions abound: How long will the dollar reign supreme? Can China replace the West? Or will we all fall into the abyss of violent deglobalization ?In this war, there are no winners, only ruins. Ghost factories in Rust Beltway , smartphones hiding a supply chain in crisis, and a $34 trillion debt that threatens to devour future generations. The outcome? A technical default, runaway inflation, or perhaps a new world order where no one wears the crown. Are we doomed to repeat the mistakes of the 20th century? This book not only exposes the cracks in a system that glorifies self-destruction: it is an urgent warning. Because when tariffs become dogma, the price is paid by the people... and the bill is already due.Essential reading to understand why, in the 21st-century economy, the only way to win is to stop shooting. Do you dare to find out who loses first?