chief says that these you with tariffs on the books still an element of protectionism pure and simple how does the u.s. see this and why this in many ways plays directly to trump's philosophy on trade he's been since his days as a candidate before he was even in the united states president quite a hard liner on this issue and it comes down to his view of the world essentially that the united states has struck bad deals with international partners and that it is not benefiting as much as the other participants in these agreements so you see this as part of the wider philosophy of trump versus the world he said that this was a bad deal and he's willing to act unilaterally and say that he wants to renegotiate things to get a better deal for the united states is this all playing into trump's hands because mexico is also and those who tell a tree measures and analysts say the trump has been using these metal tariffs is