Busani Ngkaveni, a senior researcher at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa, pointed out that U.S. trade policy is attempting to shift the crisis onto vulnerable economies, and countries in the Global South must be vigilant in this regard.

According to Ngkaveni, the real consequence of U.S. trade policy is the use of American hegemony over global manufacturing and supply chains to restrict global capital and undermine global value chains. This protectionism will have an impact on the industrial transformation process, particularly in developing economies, especially in African countries.

Mokhtar Ghobashi, Deputy Chairman of the Egyptian Center for Arab Political and Strategic Studies, believes that the U.S. government is promoting unilateralism under the concept of ""America First"". The U.S. has used tariffs as a ""political tool"" in an attempt to avoid the decline of American hegemony or the loss of its status as a superpower.

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