Tariff Tantrums and Global Manufacturing: The Art of Economic Destruction
This week brought yet another pile of smoking evidence that President Donald Trump’s trade war is doing precisely what trade wars do best: sowing chaos,...
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Don’t Count on the Fed to Rescue The US economy
Trump’s full-frontal assault on free trade is nothing short of breathtaking—for its scope, its scale, and its wilful lack of nuance. The average tariff is...
Trump’s Tariff Crusade: When Protectionism Dresses Up as Patriotism
For a fleeting moment, Wall Street dared to hope that President Donald Trump’s tariff threats were little more than theatrical posturing. Then came Wednesday’s Rose...
Trump’s Economic Gamble: Tariffs, Debt, and a Dose of Wishful Thinking
President Donald Trump has finally set his grand economic experiment in motion, imposing sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China while reassuring the American public...
Trump’s Tariff Roulette: A High-Stakes Gamble with Global Trade
Donald Trump is at it again, threatening to impose sweeping 25% tariffs on automobile, semiconductor, and pharmaceutical imports, with a formal announcement as early as...
Trump’s Tariff Gamble: Protectionism, Déjà Vu, and a Looming Trade War
Donald Trump’s latest attempt at economic brinkmanship is here, and this time, it comes with a familiar yet perilous twist: “reciprocal tariffs”. The logic? If...
Trump’s Tariff Tantrum: A Recipe for Economic Mayhem
In yet another grand display of economic illiteracy disguised as bold leadership, Donald Trump has declared a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium imports,...
Trump’s Tariff Tango: An Economic Self-Sabotage
Canada and Mexico have wasted no time in firing back at Donald Trump’s latest trade war salvo, slapping 25% tariffs on US imports in a...
Trump’s Second Term: A Bonfire of Sacred Cows
Donald Trump has claimed a second term in the White House, riding a wave of populist fervour and a promise to torch the sacred doctrines...