The art of dealing with Donald Trump the deal-maker

The president's use of his own book on deal making for trade offers us cues for counter strategies

- DIVA JAIN

"My style of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward. I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I'm after." —Donald J. Trump with Tony Schwartz in Trump: The Art of the Deal

Perhaps no event in the last five years has been more significant than Donald Trump kissing death and roaring back into the White House as the 47th US president. As expected, his term so far has been marked by massive economic and geopolitical volatility, much of it originating from the White House, and more so than during his previous term. This has sent global leaders into a tizzy, trying to find an effective way to 'deal' with the mercurial American president. Trump: The Art of the Deal, the book that first made him famous (in the 1980s) offers instructional insights on how Trump likes to 'deal', effective strategies to 'deal' with him, how countries are applying them and lessons for India.