Research on the Construction of G7 Mainstream Media’s US-related Tariff Discourse

Abstract

In recent years, the United States has unilaterally increased tariffs for many times, which has not only changed the trade relations between countries, but also caused trade differences between Western countries. The G7 belongs to the cooperation system of developed countries. The media coverage of the US tariff policy can directly reflect the true attitude and interest needs of each country. This paper takes the relevant news reports of the mainstream media of the G7 as the research object. Through text analysis and comparative analysis, it summarizes the characteristics of the media reports on the US tariff policy. Then from the political relations, economic interests, the media’s own characteristics and the international environment, analyze the reasons for the media to produce different public opinion attitudes. The study found that the reports of the G7 mainstream media are not uniform, and each country will adjust its public opinion position according to its own relationship with the United States and its own economic interests. Western media’s trade reports are not entirely objective, mostly serving their own interests.