{"id":7778,"date":"2025-07-07T19:43:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T17:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?p=7778"},"modified":"2025-07-07T19:43:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T17:43:48","slug":"der-preis-des-wahnsinns-wie-trumps-neue-zoelle-auf-japan-und-suedkorea-die-weltwirtschaft-mehr-und-mehr-verschiebt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/der-preis-des-wahnsinns-wie-trumps-neue-zoelle-auf-japan-und-suedkorea-die-weltwirtschaft-mehr-und-mehr-verschiebt\/","title":{"rendered":"The Price of Madness - How Trump's New Tariffs on Japan and South Korea Are Shifting the Global Economy More and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a letter like a ransom note - with the letterhead of the White House, but the tone of a trade warrior on a personal vendetta. On July 7, 2025, Donald Trump, President of the United States, sent a two-page letter to Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru. The tone: jovial and threatening at the same time. The content: the announcement of a blanket punitive tariff of 25 percent on all Japanese products exported to the United States - starting August 1. \u201cA great moment for our trading relationship,\u201d Trump calls it. In reality, it is an economic earthquake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only Japan, but also South Korea is affected. The same letter was sent there, accompanied by a barely veiled threat: those who manufacture within the borders of the United States will be spared. Those who continue to rely on exports will be made to pay - unless they open their \u201cheretofore closed markets\u201d to American goods. Then, maybe, there would be \u201cadjustments\u201d to the letter. What Trump is staging here is not merely economic policy. It is an economic assault with a diplomatic fa\u00e7ade. The letter drips with pathos and propaganda. Trump praises the United States as the \u201cnumber one market in the world,\u201d invokes \u201cyears of patience\u201d in dealing with Japan - and yet does nothing other than unilaterally dictate what is to be understood as \u201cfair trade.\u201d Fair, in Trump\u2019s logic, means advantages for America, disadvantages for the rest of the world. According to the letter, the tariffs are intended to correct the \u201cdecades-long deficits\u201d in trade with Japan - allegedly caused by \u201cnon-reciprocal tariffs\u201d and \u201cnon-tariff barriers.\u201d But in reality, it is primarily American consumers who will bear this burden. And with them: global supply chains, Asian production hubs, European markets - and ultimately inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n