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Alan BeattieFinancial Times |
The administration handing out refunds to Chinese companies will be a terrible look
A worthy goal of creating rare earths independence from China needs a more reliable anchor
Donald Trump’s inept tariff campaign hasn’t yet derailed globalisation
The UK is taking a cynical but fruitless turn to the reactionary and insular on aid, immigration and trade
Middle-power diplomacy of the sort the Canadian PM calls for requires governments to throw off domestic constraints
Like the Spanish conquistadors, the president’s search for mineral wealth in South America will weaken the US
Even before their full effect has hit, the duties are doing real damage
Brussels is struggling to adapt to a conflict-ridden world trading system
Trump’s deals with Malaysia and Cambodia will not turn them into economic satellites in a cold war of commerce
The forthcoming ruling on Trump’s import duties will not stop him resorting to other methods
Europe and others must insulate their economies from Trump weaponising US tech
America’s use of import duties has been constrained by financial markets and economic reality
Javier Milei has wasted foreign exchange reserves trying to hold up the peso
The president could plausibly be blamed for rising prices in services including power, health and education
You can make a reasonable case for Starmer’s transatlantic trade pact but it’s subject to continual risk
Successive British prime ministers have destroyed trust with a millefeuille of falsehood about asylum seekers
On tariffs and tax the president acts like a mafia boss, but not a very good one
US trade policy is a cautionary tale but not yet a catalyst of global disaster
Donald Trump’s tariff threat to Lesotho shows the danger of relying on preferential trade access
The EU is using the old trade playbook against a new and different threat
No sensible government would think of emulating his trade policies as they have his other plans
Prejudice and protectionism are dismantling Joe Biden’s environmental legacy
Beijing has used rare earth controls to win the first skirmishes in the war over commerce
The EU must stand up to the US president’s bullying for the sake of the world trading system
The latest set of Chinese restrictions on rare earths exports are the most worrying to date
Low- and middle-income countries are performing surprisingly well despite Trump’s tariff wars
Starmer’s choice undermines multilateralism and poses risks to the UK
International trade and American growth have bounced back from big setbacks before
It is US protectionism rather than trade barriers abroad that has undermined American carmakers
The Republicans have allowed a destructive economic nationalist to lead America into chaos
Bombing the Houthis won’t help global commerce but Trump’s auto and shipping protectionism will certainly damage it
Many governments outside the US do not want to rely on Elon Musk’s satellite company
The White House reprieve on auto levies shows how self-inflicted damage beats retaliation from trading partners
The risk is that President Javier Milei declares victory in his economic programme too early
Unthinking campaigns against ‘red tape’ are not the way to promote growth
Neither international nor domestic courts on their own will stop the US president’s destructive tariffs
Abandoning the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act would not be good business
With China also reducing imports, demand from the voracious American consumer will be hard to replace
An African aid programme created by George W Bush is casually being endangered by Donald Trump
Distortions from US tariffs need not be disastrous
Big tax cuts and tariff hikes will prevent any new Plaza Accord to manage currencies
The new president is not the man to shore up the US ‘economic security state’
The incoming Trump administration is set to dust down a weapon from a bygone era
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