Both sides could benefit from enhanced trade, but tensions remain.
Will the EU Navigate Towards China?
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Labor, Trade, & Finance
Highway Heist in Honduras: How Corporations Fleece Regular People in Impoverished Countries
Extraordinary corporate privileges in U.S. foreign and trade policy are designed to help companies win even when their investments fail.
It’s Time: Boycott America
Name-and-shame tactics don’t work with leaders who have no shame. Grab Trump by the wallet—it’s the only language he understands.
Trump Wants to Sell Citizenship to Rich People. Take It from Other Countries — It’s a Bad Idea
Citizenship by investment schemes drive up housing prices and do little to drive economic growth.
Trump’s Threats Against Canada and Mexico Are Generating Resistance
Will Canada and Mexico seize the opportunity to break free from U.S. domination?
Crypto and the Far Right
Crypto helps loot the public sector and enrich the already rich.
The End of U.S. Soft Power?
Trump’s effort to end U.S. foreign aid throws out a lot of babies with the bathwater.
China Tackles Trump’s Trade War and Global Headwinds
What China does at the Two Sessions will not only define its own economic growth but also influence the world economy as a whole.
The World Bank and IMF Await Elon Musk
The Bretton Woods institutions are ripe for radical reductions.
From Tariffs to Turmoil: Trump’s Protectionist Playbook
The United States risks long-term damage to its interests and the foundations of the international system it once championed.