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Tariffs make sense in a world of predatory mercantilism

Trade

Liberation Day

Tariffs make sense in a world of predatory mercantilism

‘Liberation Day’ is when America stops pretending the global trading system resembles a textbook model

John Carney

Is alcohol worse than cocaine?

Our paper looked at twenty different drugs using different categories of harm which were weighted to reflect their importance

David Nutt

What does Donald Trump want from a trade war with China?

The president is moving so fast and breaking so much, it’s increasingly difficult to piece together his economic agenda

Kate Andrews

What Trump will learn from his tariff ‘opening salvo’

The president now has a taste for ‘tariff diplomacy’

Matthew Lynn

Politics

The tariff wars begin

Which country will Donald Trump set his sights on next?

Kate Andrews

Trade
January 31, 2025
How Trump’s Mexico and Canada tariffs could change trade history
Trump explained that the move aims to push the US’s neighbors to take swift action to curtail illegal immigration and fentanyl
Juan P. Villasmil
Business
January 31, 2025
Tariffs will test Donald Trump’s confidence
Is the President ready for a long trade war?
Kate Andrews
Trade
January 20, 2025
Keir Starmer is unlikely to land a trade deal with Trump
All the PM is doing is making it very easy for the the US to publicly humiliate him
Matthew Lynn
Trade
May 23, 2024
Where is the electric vehicle revolution?
Not only are EVs 40 percent more expensive to buy than gas cars, but they are also costlier to run
Ross Clark
Trade
January 22, 2024
Is China using Mexico as a back door to trade with the US?
It appears shortsighted to celebrate Mexico becoming our top trading partner as an absolute ‘decoupling’ success
Juan P. Villasmil
Trade
December 21, 2023
Could Red Sea ship attacks prompt the start of a global economic crisis?
Attacks on shipping by Iranian-backed Houthis has reminded the world of how much trade is reliant on free passage through the Bab-al-Mandeb Strait
Ross Clark
Trade
November 15, 2023
How the UK does diplomacy with US states
Britain has now worked out an alternative strategy for the US
Ross Clark
Trade
December 16, 2021
Can protectionism bring back my father’s world?
Economically maybe, but culture matters too
Grayson Quay
Europe
November 15, 2020
Brexit Britain will be the winner in the EU’s war on Joe Biden
His relationship with an aggressive, protectionist, anti-American EU will sour very quickly
Matthew Lynn
Europe
November 11, 2020
The ghastly ‘race’ to call the President-elect
It is exhausting and infantile and on a certain level demeaning too
Alex Massie

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