Tag: trade
Europe prepares for a mighty trade war
“We cannot carry on trade without war, nor war without trade,” wrote Jan Pieterszoon Coen, a brutal governor-general of the Dutch East India...
Rumours of the trade deal’s death are greatly exaggerated
In some parts of the world, not least America’s capital, “trade” is a dirty word. Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden now champion...
Donald Trump’s trade hawk is plotting behind bars
Ahead of America’s election in November, company bosses, financiers and diplomats are busy calling on Donald Trump’s allies, trying to divine the economic...
Xi Jinping risks setting off another trade war
China’s leaders are obsessed with lithium-ion batteries, electric cars and solar panels. These sorts of technologies will, Xi Jinping has proclaimed, become “pillars...
