The New York Times today posted two interesting graphics about Trump' Trade War (here): The country status (above) and the results ranked by 2024 Imports (below).
From the ranks (above) it seems that he is going after the money, targeting our biggest trading partners. The economic sense of this (if there is any) is Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI) for the US, a strategy typically employed by Global South countries. Basically, price imports so high that home-grown industries will develop to fill the gaps. Unfortunately, building factories and developing an ecosystem of suppliers takes times. In the mean time, prices in the home country (US) go up as are result of tariff expenses being added to list prices (remember when tariffs would be listed on automobile sticker prices).
By the time ISI would have any impact, Trump will be out of office.
