Tag: United States
Trump Leaves European Leaders Praying for a Boring G7 Summit
The last time European leaders came together for a diplomatic gathering in Canada, it didn’t go so well.At the Group of 7 meeting...
Trump is Pushing Allies Away and Closer Into Each Other’s Arms
New trade deals. Joint sanctions against Israel. Military agreements.America’s closest allies are increasingly turning to each other to advance their interests, deepening their...
Mike Huckabee, U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Questions Palestinian State Policy
The American ambassador to Israel has said that it should be up to “Muslim countries” to build a Palestinian state on their territory...
Why Rooftop Solar Could Crash Under the Republican Tax-Cut Bill
Over the past two decades, more than 5 million U.S. households from California to Georgia to Maine have put solar panels on their...
Factory work is overrated. Here are the jobs of the future
Trumpian types are unanimous: America needs factories. The president describes how workers have “watched in anguish as foreign leaders have stolen our jobs,...
America and China have spooked each other
Officials from America and China met for the latest round of trade talks on June 9th-10th in Lancaster House, a mansion near Buckingham...
Trump’s tariffs have so far caused little inflation
Rarely have economists spoken in such unison. Even before Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs on April 2nd, the median estimate among the 48...
Trump thinks Americans consume too much. He has a point
Rebalancing the global economy is Donald Trump’s defining cause. China should produce less and consume more, the president thinks; meanwhile, America should produce...
Trump’s financial watchdogs promise a revolution
After an election, America’s financial agencies experience what is known as the “regulatory pendulum”. Priorities and philosophies change as the new president picks...
