The size of government is less important than the way it behaves. The at times cavalier behaviour of the United States under Donald Trump’s “America first” refrain, raises a number of issues that can have a significant impact on the global economy. The more obvious, and one that can affect South Africa’s foreign trade, is the global trade war he has unleashed. Barriers to foreign imports have already triggered the inevitable tit-for-tat response from America’s main trading pa