The imminent return of Donald Trump to the White House, this Monday, January 20, will surely lead to new doses of disruption to a turbulent world and already has governments around the planet on guard, even more so after the Republican’s statements that go back to imperial times instead of a multipolar world in which States respect the political and territorial sovereignty of their peers. .
Trump, according to experts, is going to be guided by a transactional logic in the field of international relations and will tighten the rope to the maximum in order to achieve its interests. This logic could explain his repeated threats to impose tariffs of up to 60% to Chinabut also up to 20% on imports from the European Union, Mexico y Canada; the calls to Denmark to sell him the island of Greenland, a strategic territory in the race for control of the Arctic Circle; or the insinuations of the use of military force to take over the Panama Canal, which he considers applies “extremely unfair” tariffs to the United States, or of a possible annexation of Canada.
EL PERIÓDICO travels around the globe to explain how different countries have prepared for the Republican’s new mandate.
Near East
Donald Trump, president-elect of USAhas not yet reached the White House and the first goal has already been scored in Near East. “I’m not going to start a war: I’m going to stop wars,” he told supporters in his victory speech in November. Just a few hours before his swearing-in, the Republican has fulfilled his promise with the agreement of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the exchange of Israeli hostages by Palestinian prisoners. This first achievement, shared with the Administration of his predecessor Joe Bidenis a significant example of what Trump will do in the region.
“The Middle East is going to be resolved,” Trump predicted last December…
Russia-Ukraine
Judging by the content of its propaganda media, there is no doubt that the Kremlin placed a strong bet in November on Donald Trump in the North American presidential race. However, it is not guaranteed that this support will translate into eventual ceasefire agreement to stop the ukrainian war that it is fully favorable to their interests, or that the new Administration is going to radically cut off that financial support that has allowed the kyiv Government to stop the Russian invasion for almost three years. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenskimultiplies the gestures towards the New York tycoon and towards members of the Republican Party or nearby media to generate a state of opinion favorable to kyiv’s cause among the country’s elite that emerged from the last presidential elections.
that the new White House leader has in his hands…
China
Just three days before taking office he picked up Donald Trump the phone to Xi Jinping. They had not spoken since 2021, with relations already clouded by a pandemic that cost Trump his re-election and for which he blamed China to mask his inept management. Trump and Xi never lacked chemistry, at least that’s what the former has boasted about. They have talked about TikTok, trade, fentanyl and Taiwan during a call that was “very positive for China and the United States,” the imminent president revealed on his social networks. “I hope we can solve many problems together immediately. President Xi and I will do our best to make the world more peaceful and secure,” he concluded.
There will be no shortage of pending geopolitical issues…
Latin America
Donald Trump takes office this January 20 as president of the United States. Only his colleagues from El Salvador, Argentina and Ecuador, Nayib Bukele, Javier Milei and Daniel Noboarespectively, will participate in a ceremony that promises more political definitions than institutional formality. The new Trump era is the one that establishes his strategic partnership with the mega billionaire Elon Musk. Several countries in the Latin American region find in this duo reasons for a deep concern.
Mexico prepares to especially feel the consequences of a turn in trade policy…
European Union
With the populisms of extreme right booming and a leadership voidthe European Union (EU) wait and watch the arrival of Donald Trump to the White House for the second time without a clear strategy y many challenges past.
In Brussels there is worrybut not panic. The EU waits in a certain way in hiding. Wait and see. Try to understand who Trump’s trusted people will be, his circle of influence. Who to talk to in Washington. Identify commercial trends, positions on one issue or another. And prepares for whatever comes.
In the capitals they are aware that…
