If Trump has his way, the liberal market economy of the post-war period is ending. The Trump world proudly and unapologetically embraces mercantilism.
Trump’s Trade War Is Getting More Serious
In the tit-for-tat retaliation gaming with the United States over imposing tariffs, China is at a disadvantage.
The Sad Irony of Brexit
Though UK voters have changed their tune on Brexit, there is little chance that it will be reversed.
Bad News from the Global Oil Market
Trump’s tweet-based badgering of the Saudis to increase production will not ease pressures resting on the global oil market. High time to do a reality check.
Closing Africa’s Tax Revenue Gap
African countries lose more than $50 billion each year to illegal financial outflows, mostly through tax avoidance and evasion.
Six Ways How Trump Gets Trade and Europe Wrong
What Europe earns by selling goods to the U.S., it spends on licensing fees for U.S. technology and on U.S. services. Nothing unfair here.
How Trump Should Think About China
As China’s example shows, a country needs to invest in its future prosperity. Tariffs and tax cuts are no way to get there.
As Trump Tries to Slay the Chinese Dragon
Major U.S. companies cannot be happy about the effects that President Trump’s trade war with China will have on their business fortunes.
A Rare US Victory for Business and Justice
U.S. Judge Richard J. Leon’s ruling to allow the AT&T and Time Warner merger has sent a clear message: There are still law enforcement officers who refuse to be cowed by Trump.
Italy: When Trumpism Hits Euroland
The EU no longer lives in the orderly world of the Maastricht treaties, but in the world of a “populist monetary union.”
























