The gathering storm: A global trade war

The distant rumbling is not distant any more, it has arrived sending shock waves around the world. To use another metaphor, the spectre of war appears now more corporeal, as clear and present danger. The drum beat is about a war, one in which no lethal weapons will be used,...

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How to defeat Trump's unilaterism and avoid a trade war

Defying common sense as well as business and financial elites, US President Donald Trump seems to relish the prospect of a trade war. On July 06, his latest trade restrictions - 25 per cent tariffs on about $34 billion of Chinese imports - took effect. They were promptly met by...

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