The Age of Free Trade Is Over—and the Fight for Resources Has Begun From the panic rooms of the Eccles Building to the boardrooms of Beijing, the illusion of global harmony is unraveling faster than a cheap Chinese battery. We’re not just rolling back trade deals—we’re dismantling the entire post-WWII economic order, brick by brick. The last time America slammed the brakes on globalization this hard, it was 1930. But back then, we had industry. We had oil, coal, steel, and men who could work a lathe. Today? We’ve got TikTok and a critical mineral shortfall. Tariffs Are the Opening Salvo of a Global Economic War Long before Trump reignited his America First agenda in 2025, countries had already begun…

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