A single economic tool—the tariff—has become the spark that ignited a full-blown geopolitical rebellion against the United States. What began as trade disputes has morphed into a powerful “Anti-Tariff Alliance,” a strategic bloc led by India, China, and Russia, which is now challenging the very foundation of the US-led world order.
This alliance made its purpose clear at the recent SCO summit, where the unified presence of Modi, Xi, and Putin sent a direct and unmistakable message of defiance to Washington. Their cooperation, born from shared economic grievances, has now taken on a much larger strategic dimension.
While the immediate cause is economic, the ultimate goal is far more ambitious. As analyst Van Jones notes, this is a push for a “new world order” and a multipolar system. The rebellion against tariffs has become a vehicle for a fundamental challenge to decades of American global dominance.
The US strategy has backfired in spectacular fashion. Instead of coercing these nations into compliance, its use of tariffs has united them in opposition. This has left America strategically isolated and on the “bad side of the triangle,” facing a powerful coalition that its own policies helped to create.
