No one knows how this plays out. Trade could fragment into regional blocs, with Asia linking around China, Europe seeking self-sufficiency, and the Americas pursuing North American arrangements. Prices may rise for consumers as tariff walls climb. Some industries will collapse. Others will relocate. What is certain: the order imposed by Washington and Brussels after 1945 is finished. Smaller nations and local communities will face a new world with fewer guardrails and no supranational referee.