Trade
Australia’s choice: Chinese trade – or American security?
Only 55 per cent of Australians trust Uncle Sam to ‘act responsibly in the world’ — the lowest level recorded in polls.
How significant are Trump’s trade talks with the EU?
The President is declaring victory on the European front of his incipient trade war.
Elon Musk: Genius or jerk?
Tesla has not turned a profit in 15 years, but its market capitalisation is bigger than Ford’s.
Adam Smith analysed human behaviour, not economics, says Simon Heffer
Jesse Norman debunks several myths about the founding father of economics.
Steve Bannon: ‘We have to end the Cold War with Russia’
The former White House strategist thinks China poses a much greater threat.
Trump is behaving like a caudillo in trying to intimidate Harley-Davidson
Tariffs are a huge political gamble, one that the GOP is eyeing with mounting apprehension.
What’s the real reason Jared Kushner lost his security clearance?
Qatari ministers, Chinese conglomerates and 666 Fifth Avenue could have something to do with it.
Trump’s ZTE talks have Congress wondering if he’s putting America first
Finally House Republicans are standing up to the president — and all it took was a Chinese phone company.
Does Facebook want news ratings to fail?
The social media giant is turning its attention to locking in their current advantage
The perfect recipe for a Trump meltdown
President Trump has invited Russian president Vladimir Putin to the White House. This news is rocking Washington, but it shouldn’t…
Are you a winner or a loser in Trump’s trade war?
China’s imposition today of tariffs on 128 imports from the US was inevitable – and is no doubt exactly the…
A trade war with China sounds terrifying – but the US is doing the right thing
Nobody likes the sound of trade war, and rightly so. China’s new retaliatory tariffs against US products feel like the…
Kudlow vs. Navarro? The Race To Replace ‘Globalist Gary’
Cockburn has learned that Lawrence Kudlow, the CNBC star, former Reagan official and financier, is a major candidate to replace…
Why Trump’s ‘trade war’ makes strategic sense
Has Donald Trump sparked off a trade war? His plans for a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and 10…
1,2,3,4 — Trump declares a trade war
‘Whatever complicates the world more — I do,’ Donald Trump once said. As President, that still seems to be his…
