[jjakque]

> ...but the current presidential administration is enacting tariffs on many other countries...

I'm quite curious to know possible rationals behind that?

To layman like myself, it make absolute no sense, but on some level it got to have a purpose right? even if it's ulterior motive or personal agenda.

[bduerst]

That's because the trade war is irrational.

It's based in animosity, which is typically economically detrimental: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_discrimination#Animos...