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The high levels of the trade barriers, anounced by the US president on Wednesday, appear to have been determined using calculations that lack any solid economic basis.

The president has shattered America’s commitment to promoting democracy and international norms, replacing it with an erratic transactionalism that favors dominance over stability—and loyalty over law.

President Trump’s biggest tariff blitz yet sends a clear message to U.S. and foreign companies alike: The era of globalization is over. Trump’s “Liberation Day” plan to impose sweeping new duties on trillions of dollars in imports shows that the White House wants goods sold to American consumers to be built in American factories—bringing down the curtain on U.

The president's decision risks alienating the U.S. from a global economic system that it helped build in the wake of World War II.

FNC's Jesse Watters commented on Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs: JESSE WATTERS, FOX NEWS: Happy Liberation Day! ... DONALD TRUMP: “My fellow Americans, this is Liberati