Question

How has one of America's foreign policies changed under President Trump and what have been the reactions of traditional allied nations?

Answer 1

President Trump has been very different from his predecessor Barrack Obama when it comes to making policies. This is evident in all the activities and publicizing that he and his associates has done over the last several years.

One key aspect of these changes has been foreign policy changes. Under the administration of Donald Trump, one of the key foreign policy areas that has been impacted is trade. The President have begun promoting reciprocal trade and has begun levying taxes on goods imported from China, Mexico, and EU. Many reputed publications have touted this as global trade war.

This trade related change has also caused retaliation from previously allied countries. For example, Mexico is part of NAFTA and was expected to have a free trade access to USA. Similarly many of the EU nations have been friendly to the USA about trade practices. However, these countries are also levying reciprocal taxes on the US goods that they import.

Eventually every country nowadays depends on international trade and as a result, if one of the partner countries is practicing protectionism then others need to respond in kind. Otherwise the other countries face severe disadvantage.