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Confronted with certain immediate challenges, this decision-making approach proved effective -- particularly in the context of reasserting U.S. economic and strategic priorities.But its long-term efficacy is still debated, owing to:

Mixed Economic Outcomes: The U.S. economy grew 2.9 percent in 2018, the trade war's economic costs and the pandemic-fueled recession of 2020 revealed vulnerability.

Confronted with certain immediate challenges, this decision-making approach proved effective — particularly in the context of reasserting U.S. economic and strategic priorities. But its long-term efficacy is still debated, owing to:

Mixed Economic Outcomes: The U.S. economy grew 2.9 percent in 2018, the trade war’s economic costs and the pandemic-fueled recession of 2020 revealed vulnerability.

Decline of International Institutions: Some argue that the multilateral order established post-World War II has been eroded, making it difficult to gather nations to address global issues like pandemics and climate change;

Geopolitical Changes: A key characteristic of Trump’s policies was that they accelerated various components of change that were already in train in our world, including the fact that countries were beginning to develop new strategies in the face of a shifting global balance that we’re going to be less able to dominate — countries like China and the European Union, strategies that aim to reduce their economies’ reliance on the United States and diminish our power in the short-term but potential as well to dilute our power and influence in the long-term.