Watch | 'Trump Has No Plan; He’s Impulsive and Wants to Be the Centre of Attention'

One of the world’s most highly regarded voices on the economy, the chief economics commentator of the Financial Times, Martin Wolf, says US president Donald Trump has created “complete chaos,” adding “he has no plan…I have given up trying to rationalise Trump”.

Wolf says Trump is “a man of impulse…he wants to be the centre of attention”. He adds Trump “does not mind if there is chaos”.

In a 30-minute interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, Wolf said it was quite possible that after the present 90-day reprieve on reciprocal tariffs ends they will be brought back, perhaps selectively, for many countries. He believes it’s impossible for America to negotiate deals with as many as 200 countries in 90-days.

He also said that you can’t rule out the possibility that if the European Union and America do not come to an agreement, the European Union could expand the trade war to cover American services and also impose levies on US digital companies.

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