Europe races to confront America’s trade war

THE COUNTRIES of the European Union are divided over defence, economic policy, trade, China and much else. This does not make...

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Canada, China, Mexico and the art of retaliation

The confrontation President Donald Trump announced on February 1st targets America’s three largest trading partners. He accus...

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Catch up:Trump defends tariffs; Canada and Mexico vow retaliation

President Donald Trump said that Americans could feel “some pain” after Canada and Mexico vowed to retaliate against the tari...

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Catch up:Trump delays tariffs on Mexico; USAID’s future in doubt

President Donald Trump delayed putting tariffs of 25% on imports to America from Mexico by one month. Mexico’s president, Cla...

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Catch up:Trump’s tariffs rock markets; USAID’s future in doubt

Stockmarkets slumped and the value of the dollar surged as Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China sparked fears o...

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Catch up:Mexico says Trump to delay tariffs; USAID’s future in doubt

Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, said that America had agreed to delay tariffs on imports from Mexico by one month. As ...

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Catch up:Trump delays tariffs on Mexico; Canada retaliates against America

President Donald Trump delayed putting tariffs of 25% on imports to America from Mexico by one month. Mexico’s president, Cla...

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Donald Trump’s new trade war on China is also an opioid war

President Donald Trump has long threatened to launch a trade war but the one he began on February 1st against Canada, China a...

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Donald Trump’s new trade war with China is also an opioid war

More than six years after Donald Trump, then in his first term as America’s president, mounted a trade war against China, the...

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Corporate America’s diversity wars are just getting started

“I am a woman of colour. I am a mom. I am a cis-gender millennial who has been diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder. I...

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