On October 15th Michael analyzed the global and urban impacts of U.S. trade tariffs under Trump mandate in 2025, showing how those measures in sectors like steel, automobiles, and apparel generated macroeconomic shocks that cascaded through global value chains and reshaped local economies. By disrupting production networks and trade flows, the tariffs exposed the interdependence between global and urban systems, leading to uneven outcomes (such as job losses, urban precarity and deepening inequality) in both developing and developed countries.
Tags: Economy, Presentation, Urban Economy
