The Trump administration says its new tariffs are aimed at combating forced labor. But the countries with the highest rates of modern slavery are largely exempt, while countries with the lowest rates are being hit with tariffs. So what are the tariffs really targeting?
Romaric Godin is a journalist specializing in macroeconomics. He has written on Germany and France for the Paris weekly La Tribune (2000–2017) and for Mediapart since 2017. Fred Murphy studied and ta