I think your take is correct. Governments around the world are going to say whatever they need to to get the lowest tariffs possible but trade will slowly reori

I think your take is correct. Governments around the world are going to say whatever they need to to get the lowest tariffs possible but trade will slowly reorient itself. I said before the election, if Trump works with Western allies then he'd probably get consensus to take on China with combined tariffs. We know what happened instead.