Charting the Global Economy: Trump Presses On With Tariffs

Feb. 28, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC

US President Donald Trump is pressing on with his tariff agenda after a major setback from the Supreme Court, looking to use different avenues to enact the levies.

Trump will sign a directive in the coming days raising his global tariff to 15% “where appropriate” and is seeking “continuity” with nations that struck trade deals, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Wednesday.

Here are some of the charts that appeared on Bloomberg this week on the latest developments in the global economy, markets and geopolitics:

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Over the last year, countries from Japan to the UK ...

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