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‘The Art of the Deal’ Meets Global Reality April 25, 2025

“The Art of the Deal” opens with an exhausting fly-on-the-wall account of a week in the life of Donald Trump the real-estate shark. He’s never still, always on the phone and cranking out deal-after-deal with big business pals. ...

Trump Crashes the Home Stretch of Canada’s Election April 25, 2025

Days before Canada votes in a national election, President Donald Trump is talking again about its status as a 51st state — an Oval Office aside almost certain to boost the three-term Liberals in their quest for a fourth mandate. ...

Trump Speaks Truth to Power April 25, 2025

Years before he ran for office, Donald Trump cultivated a style of speaking that was brash, blunt, and (in his opinion) totally honest. “I tell it like it is,” Trump said repeatedly on the campaign trail in 2016, breathing new life into a slogan used...

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Canada Is Attacking U.S. Trade, Farmers and Workers April 25, 2025

Canada has one of the most protectionist economies among developed nations. It particularly targets American farmers, media, and manufacturers. That may be why Donald Trump launched his counterattack on trade offenders with a 25% tariff on many impor...

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U.S. Intel: Tren de Aragua in League With Maduro April 24, 2025

While some leaks of classified docs say the notorious Tren de Aragua gang and Venezuela's strongman are not working together, contradicting President Trump's contention, but new info from the FBI and ODNI provides more evidence of the links between t...

Greenland Between Denmark and Trump April 24, 2025

President Donald Trump’s persistent talk of taking over Greenland, known to its inhabitants as Kalaallit Nunaat, has caused significant concern both there and in Denmark. When Trump spoke of buying Greenland during his first presidential term, Danes ...

Greenland

Can Trump Really Close 90 Trade Deals in 90 Days? April 24, 2025

The administration of United States President Donald Trump has suggested it will broker ninety trade deals in ninety days in the wake of Trump’s imposition of ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs. ...

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By Plan or Luck, Trump Landed His First Blow on China April 24, 2025

With a single Truth, President Donald Trump’s global trade brawl became a US-China cage match. On Wednesday afternoon, Trump announced that he was further elevating sky-high tariffs on China — to 150% — while pausing his commercial assault against ne...

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The U.S. Has Gotten Into Another War in the Middle East April 24, 2025

President Donald Trump has, in the past, described America’s military involvement in the Middle East as “the worst decision ever made” and came into office vowing to to “end these endless wars.” ...

Middle East

Yemen

Bessent Expects ‘De-Escalation’ in u.s.-China Tariff April 23, 2025

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he expects “there will be a de-escalation” in President Donald Trump’s trade war with China in the “very near future.” ...

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economics

China Can’t Go It Alone April 23, 2025

Assertions that America is at a disadvantage in a trade war with China take official bluster at face value while overlooking the profound structural weaknesses of the Chinese economy. The only trade partner capable of helping China out of the fix in ...

china

Why Trump’s Iran Deal Might Actually Stick April 23, 2025

For the first time in over a decade, the U.S. is conducting Iran negotiations with its Arab allies — not just around them. ...

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How Europe Can Deter Russia April 23, 2025

Ever since U.S. President Donald Trump began his effort to settle the war in Ukraine, European leaders have tried to assemble a military coalition capable of defending Kyiv....

The Rise and Fall of Great-Power Competition April 22, 2025

“After being dismissed as a phenomenon of an earlier century, great power competition returned.” So declared the National Security Strategy that President Donald Trump released in 2017, capturing in a single line the story that American foreign polic...

Trump Team Needs a Trade Deal To Stop Investor Panic April 22, 2025

About 10 days ago, an increasingly confident Scott Bessent began telling Wall Street executives that he was on the verge of removing the big dark cloud hovering over the US markets and economy: The Treasury Secretary said he was making significant pr...

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Erdoğan Sets His Sights on Israel April 22, 2025

The Turkish Republic is on the brink. As Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, its would-be sultan, dismantles the country’s secular democracy, President Donald Trump has seemingly taken little notice. Soon, though, Trump will have no choice but to pay attention....

Turkey

The Global Trading System Was Already Broken April 22, 2025

The sweeping tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on April 2, along with the subsequent postponements and retaliations, have unleashed an enormous amount of global uncertainty. Much of the world’s attention is on the chaotic, short-term c...

economics

Trump’s Art of the Diplomatic Deal April 21, 2025

In the three months since Donald Trump took the oath of office, he has launched one of the boldest revisions to U.S. foreign policy in this nation’s history. The flurry of new initiatives and surprising announcements has overwhelmed much of the comme...

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China Threatens Countries That ‘Appease’ Trump April 21, 2025

Beijing has threatened to punish countries that “appease” Donald Trump in trade deals while hurting China’s interests. ...

china

The Global Trading System Was Already Broken April 21, 2025

The sweeping tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on April 2, along with the subsequent postponements and retaliations, have unleashed an enormous amount of global uncertainty. Much of the world’s attention is on the chaotic, short-term c...

economics

The Global South Will Pay for Trump’s Trade War April 19, 2025

Donald Trump’s tariffs have disrupted supply chains, roiled global markets, and escalated the trade war between the United States and China. While US consumers brace for higher prices, low- and middle-income countries will bear the brunt of the crisi...

economics

India's Plan to Deal With Trump April 19, 2025

India navigated relations with the United States quite skilfully during the first Trump administration, better than many other US allies did. Doing so a second time will be more difficult, but India’s strategic awareness and manoeuvrability will help...

Meloni’s Mission to DC Will Infuriate Macron April 18, 2025

Giorgia Meloni met Donald Trump in the White House on Thursday and stated her ambition to ‘make the West great again’. The Italian prime minister is closer to the Trump administration than any other Western European leader, and later today in Rome sh...

Italy

Trump Can Still Reinvent the Middle East April 18, 2025

Talk about farce. First the world’s biggest economy stunned mankind with a dramatic announcement in which the American president himself displayed elaborate charts on big boards punishing scores of countries with tariffs ranging from 10% to 50%. ...

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Germany’s Merz Keeps Faith in Free Trade April 17, 2025

Despite Donald Trump’s lurch into protectionism and coercion, Friedrich Merz believes a transatlantic trade deal can still be done. ...

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