GZERO World with Ian Bremmer President Trump's power-first foreign policy with CFR's President
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Feb 14, 2026 
Michael Froman, former U.S. Trade Representative and current CFR president, offers sharp expertise on trade and diplomacy. He discusses how a power-first U.S. approach is reshaping global order. Short takes cover allies hedging, tariffs used without restraint, Europe’s need to scale defense and innovation, and shifting U.S.-China dynamics.
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World Adapts To Transactional U.S. Power
- Countries are rapidly adjusting to the Trump administration's transactional, unilateral use of power and tariffs.
- That adaptation signals a new global permission structure where unilateral actions are normalized.
Tariffs As A Flexible Foreign-Policy Tool
- The Trump administration routinely breaks trade commitments and uses tariffs as a flexible leverage tool.
- That bypasses dispute processes and creates incentives for other states to act unilaterally too.
U.S. From Defender To Challenger Of The System
- U.S. shifting from defending the postwar order to challenging it undermines its own credibility as system defender.
- That shift risks encouraging rivals to challenge rules the U.S. once upheld.