Comicomment: Waging a trade war and wounding itself

U.S. "reciprocal" tariffs on dozens of countries took effect Wednesday, prompting many nations to prepare countermeasures. The United States is swinging its "tariff axe" at the trunk of the global trade tree. While the cuts may be branded with slogans like "America First" or signs of U.S. dominance, what's really happening is a steady erosion of the very foundations of international trade rules and order. Every strike that echoes through the jungle of global commerce will, sooner or later, gather momentum—and come crashing back down on the one wielding the axe.