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Only a hundred days in office, the Trump administration has already thrown global trade into chaos. Many netizens believe that the Trump administration will eventually be forced to make concessions on tariffs due to domestic and external pressures. But, will things really unfold like this? Let's take a look – based on netizens' views and foreign media reports on our previous content – at why we must prepare for a "war of attrition" against this "tariffstorm."

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