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But that supply is now under threat as relations between the bloc and President Trump worsen.

But now, with Trump turning American economic power against friend and foe alike, we risk sliding into something closer to autarky, a world where the U.S. stands alone, detached from any coherent bloc.

Burkina Faso, along with two other military-led states – Mali and Niger, has broken away from the regional West African bloc, Ecowas, to form a new alliance.

Meloni is the first European leader to visit Washington since Trump imposed, then paused, 20% tariffs on imports from the bloc.

Many Caribbean leaders feel the best strategy to thwart the fallout from tariffs is to negotiate as a bloc.