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Crossroads with Joshua Philipp

How US Trade Is Forcing a Shift in Global Politics

Crossroads with Joshua Philipp

The Epoch Times

Government, Education

4.9594 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Through the use of tariffs, reduced foreign aid, and renegotiated trade deals, the Trump administration is forcing a change in global politics. The latest chapter has involved the trade war between the United States and the Chinese communist regime. There are also new U.S. trade policies that require global changes on identity politics and a new push for other countries to drop forms of online censorship. When taken together, the policies represent a new form of American diplomacy using financial power as its tool.

Transcript

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The Trump administration is reshaping global politics by wielding its financial power and trade

0:06.0

measures like tariffs and foreign aid as tools for diplomacy. And as these policies come into

0:12.0

effect, we're seeing the global impact in organizations like the United Nations World Health Organization,

0:18.0

which is now cutting jobs and slashing their budget and seeing severe disruptions.

0:23.7

And the Trump administration is also now restricting taxpayer money from going to organizations

0:29.0

that are holding onto issues like DEI, globally even, including in places like France and Australia.

0:37.0

And meanwhile, as all this happens,

0:39.4

the United States is also demanding free speech in Europe. I'm the Epic Times Senior

0:44.7

investigative reporter Joshua Phillip and you're listening to Crossroads.

0:59.6

Through the use of tariffs, foreign aid, renegotiated trade deals, the Trump administration is forcing a change in politics all around the world.

1:03.4

The latest has been the trade war that's taken center stage between the United States

1:07.2

and the Chinese Communist Party.

1:09.1

But alongside this, there are new U.S. trade politics

1:13.3

that require global changes on identity politics. There's a new push for other countries to drop

1:18.7

forms of online censorship. And when taken altogether, the policies represent a new form of

1:24.8

American diplomacy using financial power as its tool.

1:29.3

Now on this, a key part is the campaign. It's impacting groups that until very recently

1:35.3

represented a type of globalist government. Now, part of this is the World Health Organization,

1:41.3

the WHO under the United Nations. And over the last few years, it was

1:46.6

looking like the WHO would get a global pandemic treaty. Do you remember that? That would grant

1:52.4

it significant influence globally to manage health crisis, including pressuring other countries,

1:58.3

including the United States. But now the organization is, let's say, struggling to get by.

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