Catch up:European leaders gather in Paris; Trump’s car tariffs

Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, met European leaders in Paris. Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, and Sir Keir Sta...

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Barnes & Noble, a bookstore, is back in the business of selling books

CENTRAL PARK bisects upper Manhattan, creating two neighbourhoods and, apparently, two reading cultures. On the Upper West Si...

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How Europe can hurt Russia’s economy

VLADIMIR PUTIN is getting ready for an early Christmas. In the hope of a swift normalisation of relations with America, the K...

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How harmful are electronic cigarettes?

RESTRICTIONS on vaping are multiplying. Belgium banned sales of disposable vapes on January 1st. France adopted a similar law...

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The global trading system needs new rules, not tariffs, say Wally Adeyemo and Joshua Zoffer

IF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP is true to his word, reciprocal tariffs on the world will come as soon as next week. This follows t...

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ASML’s boss has a warning for Europe

ASML is in an enviable position. The Dutch company is the only manufacturer of equipment that can reliably etch the most adva...

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Trump’s tariff pain:the growing evidence

AMERICA’S ECONOMY is looking peaky. Inflation expectations are creeping up; consumer confidence is weakening. But Donald Trum...

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How not to handle a corporate kiss-and-tell book

Careless People. By Sarah Wynn-Williams. Flatiron Books; 400 pages; $32.99. Macmillan; £22 The main character in Sarah Wynn-W...

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Big law’s capitulation to Donald Trump may be bad for business

IT PASSES FOR a courtroom truism that whoever wins or loses, the lawyers come out on top—especially in litigious America. The...

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Can foreign investors learn to love China again?

FOR CHINESE stocks to outperform American ones is rare enough. But this year the MSCI China index has beaten its American equ...

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