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The rule change that could blow open US law

Arizona is permitting non-lawyers to own legal practices, potentially unleashing a wave of private equity money

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The Big Read

Lloyd’s of London is Britain’s strangest success

The inimitable insurance market has to ensure it remains attractive in the face of global competition

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John Gapper

How to celebrate the world as it falls apart

The Osaka Expo 2025 is a masterclass in smiling through tariff calamity

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Leo Lewis

If Trump is trying to suppress China, he’s going about it all wrong

The shock of tariffs is pulling Beijing back to economic fundamentals

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Keyu Jin

Ukraine is winning the drone start-up war

Experimentation on the battlefield and fast development of cheap, smart solutions helps the country resist Russia

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John Thornhill

So much for the Trump Brexit dividend

The US president’s tariffs on UK cars and other exports reveal the hollow promise of global Britain

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Robert Shrimsley

It falls to Congress to unravel Trump’s reckless tariff plan

If Republicans are serious, they should join with Democrats to pass a resolution to fix this crisis

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Elizabeth Warren

There is no military solution in Sudan

Wars end when political will, diplomacy and collective action force a path towards peace

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Abdalla Hamdok

How China’s record trade surplus helped spark Trump’s tariff war

Beijing’s domination of global trade has led to a schism between the world’s two largest economies — and left many others worried about their...

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Visual Story

How Britain misuses its fiscal watchdog

Limited spending buffers and poor support undermine the OBR

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The Editorial Board

We face a looming rice crisis

The future of one of the world’s most important foodstuffs is mired in a stew of science, politics and economics

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Anjana Ahuja

The hopeless search for Trump’s cunning plan

Attempts to read grand strategy into the US president’s doings have run their course

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Janan Ganesh

What is behind the Treasury sell-off?

The double whammy of falling bond and equity prices could partly be hedge funds unwinding so-called ‘basis trades’

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Gillian Tett

Midwest turns to snow farming to save the winter sports

The climate change threat to skiing, ice fishing and dog sledding demands creative solutions

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Patti Waldmeir

Now is the moment for a multilateral defence bank

Deterrence is a shared asset — and a shared responsibility

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Rebecca Harding

Trump has no idea what he has unleashed

There is no school of foreign policy realism or trade mercantilism that could explain the US president’s actions

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Edward Luce

The US may be reversing course on child labour

Acute strain on the jobs market has encouraged some states to consider reducing restrictions on employing minors

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Sarah Oconnor

Trump’s tariffs will damage the world

The trade deficits will remain roughly unchanged — the globe will just end up poorer

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Martin Wolf

The hopeful tariff endgame isn’t so hopeful

Even if Trump backs down he will have succeeded in building uncertainty, which is itself a sort of tariff

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Jason Furman

Can Nintendo’s Switch 2 revive a stagnant gaming industry?

The new console carries the hopes of a company and a sector, but has already been thrust into a gathering trade war

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The Big Read

Trump’s self-defeating tariffs on south-east Asia

Forced to choose between the US and China, the likes of Vietnam may opt for Beijing

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The Editorial Board

How to restore trust in doctors in an age of misinformation

Healthcare workers and officials say falsehoods and conspiracy theories cost lives and are exacerbating inequalities

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The Big Read

Trump’s attack on higher education

His targets are wrong, but reform is sorely needed

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Rana Foroohar

Trump and the mob boss approach to global markets

The US president discovers that it is easier to shake down a law firm than to reshape the international trading system

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Gideon Rachman

Markets could get a lot worse — and quickly

The concern now among bankers and hedge fund managers is that something, somewhere could break

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Katie Martin

Protecting ‘Australianess’ in the Netflix age

Australia’s television producers want a ‘Neighbours’ law to support local content

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Nic Fildes

A market rout made in the White House

Those with the president’s ear must urge him to change course on tariffs

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The Editorial Board

The Makassar Strait is a sign that global rules are being rewritten

This new economic artery links nations that promise to be dynamic trading partners for Europe

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Anna Souakri

The Fed shouldn’t try to save the world from Trump tariffs

Given its record, the risk is that the US central bank will do just that

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Ruchir Sharma

Donald Trump’s tariffs will fix a broken system

Next we must tackle the barrage of non-tariff weapons used to strangle American exports

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Peter Navarro

JD Vance has the zeal of the convert — and that’s a problem

The vice-president thinks nothing of lecturing America’s friends and allies

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Jemima Kelly

A dark hour for American science

Other countries have a chance to attract US talent driven out by Trump’s policies

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The Editorial Board

A tariff crisis is exactly the right time to reform the WTO

The commitment to reaching decisions by consensus has led to paralysis

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Hector Torres

The battle for the global payments system is under way

Some Europeans are looking to the next geoeconomic contest

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Martin Sandbu