It can feel very rewarding emotionally to blame Mexicans (and other foreigners) for one’s economic plight. It is far less satisfying to yell at robots.
Trump and the Minimum Wage: How to Trade with Mexico
The Trump trade deal with Mexico is, in a smaller way for now, another of those rare Nixon in China moments. It has the potential to alter the arc of contemporary history.
Turkey’s Next Challenge: How Bad Can Inflation Get?
How Turkey’s central bank plans to regain market confidence that it will eventually hit its 5% inflation target again remains a mystery.
The Only Way to Fix the US Trade Deficit
Solutions exist for Trump to address the U.S. trade deficit effectively. But he will never implement them.
High Time for Europe to Wake Up
Why it is in Germany’s own self-interest to take Donald Trump’s policy impulses on trade and defense seriously.
The New Global Mercantilism
If Trump has his way, the liberal market economy of the post-war period is ending. The Trump world proudly and unapologetically embraces mercantilism.
Trump’s Trade War Is Getting More Serious
In the tit-for-tat retaliation gaming with the United States over imposing tariffs, China is at a disadvantage.
Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn Opts for Trump
Theresa May’s main opponent sees economic nationalism and crass protectionism as the answer to Brexit.
How Trump’s Trade War Triggers Global Economic Slowdown
Far from strengthening the U.S. economy, Trump’s punitive tariffs destroy global supply chains.
The Sad Irony of Brexit
Though UK voters have changed their tune on Brexit, there is little chance that it will be reversed.