Trump’s 500% tariff threat is undeclared war on Global South

There are wars that begin with missiles and those that begin with memos. Donald Trump’s latest economic offensive belongs firmly to the second category. A 500% tariff threat on India—embedded in the so-called Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025—is not merely an escalation of sanctions policy. It is something larger, and far more destabilizing: an undeclared […] The post Trump’s 500% tariff threat is undeclared war on Global South appeared first on Asia Times .