United States First Policy

America first is a direction for U.S. foreign policy, a political theme that trump has emphasized throughout the campaign and a slogan used to drum up nationalism and anti-interference positions in the United States. It is clearly a form of "neo-isolationism" designed to appeal to the lower and middle class, to build trump into a leader who is truly in protecting the interest of the American nation, and to generate the momentum that draws votes for trump.
In fact, America first is more than just a foreign policy tone. It has permeated many policy areas of the trump administration. Trump did make good on his campaign promises when he took office, and many of his domestic and foreign policies were clearly directed.
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This policy proposed by the current American president Donald Trump, whose project is oriented by the US internal affairs and economic development and the US economy, trade, diplomacy and military. This part mainly introduces the specific actions and policies about Trump's administration, includes abandoned the TPP, withdrawal from the Paris agreement, quit UNESCO, establish seperate wall in Mexico, abolish the DACA program and so on.
*Internal affairs and economic development Sign the wall project. •On January 25, trump signed two executive orders aimed at strengthening border security and tightening immigration policy, and said he would begin construction of the wall along the U.S-Mexico border with federal funds within months.Illegal immigrants from Latin America, according to Mr Trump, said that the work had been stolen from the American people and therefore needed to be enclosed by a fence. Abolish the dream project. •On July 5, trump ordered the repeal of the deferred deportation for childhood arrivals (DACA program). The DACA program is an executive order issued by former President barack Obama in 2012 that allows undocumented immigrants brought into the United States by their parents as children (under 16) to be exempt from deportation while still studying and working in the United States. The project involves about 800,000 "dreamers", mostly from Mexico and other Latin American countries.
*Economy, trade, diplomacy and military Abandoned the TPP. •The trans-pacific partnership agreement is a multilateral free trade agreement, not only for international trade, but also for labor, environmental, intellectual property and the sensitive issues of state-owned enterprises, called as the 21 st century trade agreement. It is officially signed with the representatives of the 12 members of the TPP countries. Trump was sworn in on January 20, 2017, announcing his withdrawal from the TPP because the top republicans, who control both houses of congress concerned about some of these provisions will not maximising the U.S interests.(Janusch&Mucha, 2017) Quit UNESCO. •On October 12, the us state department issued a statement saying that the us would withdraw from UNESCO.
Withdrawal from the Paris agreement. •June 1, trump announced that the United States was pulling out of the Paris agreement, saying the Paris agreement imposes "harsh financial and economic burdens"on the United States.
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Causes and implications
It will be analysed in perspective of national interests and international responsibilities. After the cold war, although the United States remains the world's dominant position, its global influence is still gradually declining. In terms of his policy, America is unwilling to take responsibilities as much as previous in international society but to focus on "internal skills" to improve and guarantee the national strength of the United States.
"U.S first policy" implied two major transformations of American external politics: from liberalism to realism, from internationalism to nativism. The first shift of is the transition from liberalism to realism.
First, trump claims that international relations is the nature of competition, antagonism, tend to be from the perspective of "zero-sum" international relations.Power is the fundamental guarantee of national security and interest which has repeatedly stress that necessary costs of the united state to rebuild the United States is in the world's most advanced military readiness and military strike force.
The second shift is from internationalism to nativism.The essence of the so-called "America first" is to use the power resources of the United States carefully and concentrate them in the United States. His request for the Allies to share the burden in the United States, pointed that the United States on the European and Asian Allies safety spent trillions of dollars, these countries must pay for it.At the same time, "U.S priority" also has a strong "Jackson doctrine" colour, emphasising that the interests of the us are directly threatened by strong action to defeat enemies.
Influence and consequences
"America first" is bound to foster hegemony. A series of unilateralism actions such as arms expansion, initiation of trade wars, will directly cause international unrest and turbulence. It will shake up the existing global economic and geopolitical landscape, with uncertainty about whether the world will be a new framework for prosperity and peace or a swamp of turbulence and chaos.
The redistribution of "America first" global interests is another wave of us unilateralism and hegemony in the world, directly and openly challenging the international social order. It would destabilise that exist global economic and geopolitical patterns, uncertain whether the world would be a new framework for prosperity and peace, or a swamp of turmoil and chaos.
A developed market economy, built on the basis of liberalism, the global capital and elite class of global capital and its elite, through the economic globalisation of the world, became the subject of global concerns, and tended to be protectionist.
Besides, the conflict between the financial incentive and the monetary tightening policy is increasingly serious. The structural problem behind the fed's long-term policy of low and even zero interest rates in the decade after and even before the financial crisis was the decline in the decline of real investment returns, and that causes a further decline in nominal interest rates, hence the "negative circulation".This is the global financial crisis gradually ease but still did not come to an end, the fragile global economic recovery, it will take time for the performance, including the "currency war" worrying sequela.
The complete explanation of America priority should be regarded as the attempt of preserving the sole superpower it has yet to make some policy changes in the confusion. Power relations again shuffle, emerging powers and the traditional powers in cooperation and displays a status improved significantly in a battle, the world multi-polarisation present new situation, to prevent nuclear proliferation and terrorism as the main connotation, some regional hotspot drag puzzled instead tend to be complicated, need reinforcement effect of the United Nations and regional organisations.
Some point of view show that this is essentially a policy of unilateralism which has also contributed to the economic and social development of the countries that have been sanctioned, like Cuba, Iran, and so on. It also promotes that development of economic globalisation to some extent, and closer alliance between states. On the other hand, trade protectionism will undermine the principle of fair dealing in the international financial market, and the economic sanctions against other countries will also be subject to anti-sanctions, which will ultimately result in serious damage to the economic interests of both the trade states.
Cooperation and challenge
With "America first" policy, International society should emphasise mutual cooperation and development. Establish the broadest international united front, safeguard the fairness and justice of international rules, promote the reform and innovation of international organisations and international order.
The global governance system, which can't be controlled by a single country, should be decided by all the countries. America first policy is supposed to be advance the global governance enables it to better reflect the changes of international pattern, the more balanced reflect most of the countries, especially in emerging markets and developing countries will and interests. Actively maintaining openness and governance, promoting construction and improving regional cooperation mechanisms, dealing with resources, energy security, food security, cyber security, combating climate change, fighting terrorism, preventing major infectious diseases and global challenges.
Increasingly, that trend of centralism in the world is increase, and as the strongest country in the world, the united state, by means of force and money, constantly strengthens its voice and action, using various international law to restrict the development of other countries, and to use the universal value on the surface to promote the monopoly dictatorship.All developing countries and third world countries should make every effort to safeguard the international environment of peace and development from the long-term interests, and do not want relations between countries to worsen or break up.However, defending hegemonism and power path of the United States in defence of its own national interest is not the ultimate goals, shouldering more responsible for the fairness and justice of the international community is always what really matters.

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