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EDITORIAL

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In trying to fulfill his campaign promise of making America great again, US President Donald Trump has upended the rules-based global trade order, preferring to set his own rules and gloating that countries are "dying" to make a deal and "calling us up kissing my ass."

Shortly after Trump's order went into effect on April 9, with China being slapped the most punishing tariffs of 104 percent, he paused his order for three months. If Trump finally saw the chaos that he had created and its adverse impact on the US economy and his own businesses, he wasn't saying it aloud. Instead he continued reveling in the global disruption that he was creating.