{"id":266414,"date":"2025-03-26T09:25:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T13:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/?p=266414"},"modified":"2025-03-27T10:52:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T14:52:54","slug":"larus-comments-on-us-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/2025\/03\/26\/larus-comments-on-us-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Larus Comments on US Tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><div id=\"attachment_251807\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Elizabeth-Larus-2022-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-251807\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-251807\" src=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Elizabeth-Larus-2022-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs Elizabeth Larus\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Elizabeth-Larus-2022-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Elizabeth-Larus-2022-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Elizabeth-Larus-2022-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Elizabeth-Larus-2022-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Elizabeth-Larus-2022-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-251807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs Elizabeth Larus<\/p><\/div><p>Elizabeth Freund Larus, Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council Indo-Pacific Security Initiative, commented on WION News on President Trump&rsquo;s tariffs. Professor Larus indicated that it will be difficult for the US to have good relations with allies when Trump is imposing uncertainty on foreign businesses. She also indicated that Trump&rsquo;s supporters will continue to back him in the short run despite tariff hikes, but he might lose a lot of that support if prices do not begin to come down. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rn9-Y1dm2Wk?si=iDmRIND6fpk9s1rM\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/rn9-Y1dm2Wk?si=iDmRIND6fpk9s1rM<\/a><\/p><p>Other media mentions for Larus include:<\/p><div class=\"elementToProof\">\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><b>Trump&rsquo;s Pentagon seeks spending on Pacific forces, cuts to environmental and cultural programs (Star Advertiser)<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">&ldquo;His request that INDO&shy;PACOM be exempted from budget cuts indicates a priority shift from Europe to the Indo&shy;Pacific,&rdquo; said Elizabeth Freund Larus, adjunct senior fellow at the Honolulu-based Pacific Forum. &ldquo;It recognizes that China poses the biggest threat to the post-World War II global order. Hegseth&rsquo;s list of 17 offsets includes funding for military construction funding in the Indo-Pacific to support the military&rsquo;s Pacific Deterrence Initiative strategic plan.&rdquo;&nbsp;<a id=\"OWA4a9b82d0-2372-de88-9d6d-f93e9618168c\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/2025\/03\/23\/hawaii-news\/hegseth-seeks-to-build-pacific-forces-cut-environmental-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-linkindex=\"2\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-outlook-id=\"f3184419-a372-42f8-9292-2944dfeba9b6\">https:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/2025\/03\/23\/hawaii-news\/hegseth-seeks-to-build-pacific-forces-cut-environmental-programs\/<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabeth Freund Larus, Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council Indo-Pacific Security Initiative, commented on WION News on President Trump&rsquo;s tariffs. Professor Larus indicated that it will be difficult for the US to have good relations with allies when Trump is imposing uncertainty on foreign businesses. 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