A look at the US’s flagging economic model and how the Trump trade war will affect the US, China, and other counties.
Read more...Japan wanted an early US trade deal. It is discovering that its sort-of special relationship with the US is not getting it any breaks.
Read more...Trump made a big retreat on his China tariffs. But a second gambit, investment restrictions to isolate China, is already giving China fits.
Read more...A look at two factoids in a new Martin Wolf article illustrate why our economic mess seems intractable….and not just for the feckless US.
Read more...Pakistan’s Prime Minister Asif contends that acting as a US operative helped prime the current India-Pakistan conflict. Does he have a point?
Read more...A model of the economic effects of various tariffs war scenarios shows even the likley “least bad” outcome is stilll pretty bad.
Read more...A battlefield update on Trump’s tariff wars.
Read more...Why the downside to Trump economic policies are far greater than the press and pundit class are willing to acknowledge.
Read more...Some sobering facts on how China is outstripping the US in science and technology advances.
Read more...Bombs fall on Yemen. Bombs fall on Somalia. The US considers recognizing Somaliland in desperate attempt to dominate Red Sea.
Read more...Explosion likely to exacerbate existing problems with the Iranian economy, which include high inflation that is hitting food prices particularly hard and weak economic growth due to sanctions
Read more...Washington’s focus on global chokepoints could see extra attention in wake of tariffs debacle.
Read more...Should Brussels join in, the economic fallout from Project Ukraine could seem quaint, and it could contribute to shortages in the US.
Read more...Chinese point out that Americans are exploited by oligarchs. But the tariffs, like it or not, are part of a radical right counter-revolution.
Read more...The U.S. goes all in on the burn-it-all-down strategy.
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