Donald Trump’s slogan of ‘Make America Great Again’ has an in-built contradiction. Trump believes the rest of the world has taken advantage of US generosity and openness. He projects a sense of victimhood, whereas many non-Western countries see themselves as victims of the US power. The long list of US military interventions, overthrow of governments, regime change policies, constitute the reality of US power, writes Peter Bergen. The US President had already imposed a 10% tariff on Chinese exports and recently announced an additional 10% duty. In the case of China too, he has sought cooperation to control the flow of precursor chemicals to Mexico and Canada for the production of Fentanyl, of which China is the biggest source. Trump has suspended the imposition of tariffs on Mexico twice in view of its willingness to cooperate. He has also partially suspended some tariffs in theCase of Canada. Trump is of course violating the US-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement by imposing these tariffs, but this seems to be of little concern to him. India’s tariff structure is not US-specific, though it may affect the exports of some US products. India had trade disputes, these have been subjected to the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism, until the US made this dysfunctional by opposing its Appellate Body, blocking appointments, blocking judicial appointments, and raising concerns about its judicial independence. It is worth recalling that developing countries developing at the heart of the international trading system, the Doha Round of negotiations, launched in 2001 with a view to developing countries, are worth developing.