Author Archives: Nick Corbishley

As Trump’s bumbling threats continue to alienate the US in Latin America, China is increasingly determined to hold its ground in the US’ so-called “backyard”.

The governments of Italy and Spain are doing everything they can to obstruct EU-supported bank mergers from taking place within their borders. 

The Trump administration accuses Mexico of “dumping” tomatoes on the US — something the US would never dream of doing with the agricultural goods it sends to Mexico (sarc).

In the land that gave us Margaret Thatcher’s “there is no alternative” and “there’s no such thing as society”, the provision of even the most basic public services is becoming a problem.

This has little to do with trade — in fact, the US had a $6.8 billion annual trade surplus with Brazil last year — and everything to do with geopolitics.

It’s not just Mexico’s federal government that is calling for economic diversification away from the US but also its biggest business lobby

This time round, it wouldn’t be just US banks that would be heavily exposed to the resulting fallout; so, too, would European lenders. 

The Trump administration’s global charm offensive continues apace.

Milei’s crushing austerity will not apply to Israeli residents of Argentina. Meanwhile, Israel’s national water company controls more and more of Argentina’s water supply. 

As the US dollar’s decline deepens, is this the EU’s “global Euro moment”?  

The company that ” knows everything about you” is going from strength to strength as war rises and and the so-called “liberal” West turns into a dystopian novel.

In the space of just a few days, Colombia has been plunged into a political crisis that could end up toppling its first ever left-wing government.

As the world is gripped by a new bout of gold fever that shows no sign of abating, the environmental risks for one of the world’s most important ecosystems are rising. 

“The war continues, but the war is not the theme of Israel-China bilateral relations.”