Today
Inside the dizzying fall of the King of Davos
Klaus Schwab is accused of misusing funds and inappropriate behaviour after 50 years as head of the World Economic Forum. The future of Davos is now at risk.
June
‘The Princess Bride’ has lessons for Trump in dealing with Xi
The cult movie has the hero tricking the villain in much the same way China’s leader has done with his US counterpart in their negotiation on rare earths.
May
Britain resets trade and defence ties with EU
At the heart of the deal is a defence and security pact that could allow British defence companies to take part in a $262 billion program to rearm Europe.
Trump to announce first trade deal
The framework agreement would be the first deal announced since the president imposed stiff tariffs on dozens of America’s trading partners.
April
Mark Carney won, but there will be no honeymoon
The newly elected PM told Canadians he was the right person to stand up to Donald Trump and boost the country’s lacklustre economy. Now he has to do it.
Crisis-fighting central banker to lead Canada through US trade war
Mark Carney ran a low-key five-week campaign and steered clear of major gaffes. His blend of tough talk and bland competence was a deliberate strategy.
March
Rio investor warns it faces a Brexit moment with London-listing vote
WaveStone Capital has almost $10 billion in assets under management and says a push to end the mining giant’s primary UK listing will only enrich bankers.
Canada’s Liberals elect new leader as Trudeau bows out
The race is between Mark Carney, former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, and former finance minister Chrystia Freeland.
Lessons for Australia in Trump’s stop-start tariff madness
The message is clear: the US will ignore any trade agreement or treaty, and will not necessarily honour contracts that have been entered into in good faith.
December 2024
‘Abomination’: Aussie schooner at centre of UK pint row
Do you prefer your beer by the pint or another measure? A House of Lords debate on a seemingly innocuous technical bill has reignited an age-old dispute.
September 2024
‘Do you miss me yet?’ Britain’s zany ex-PMs back on centre stage
Boris Johnson and Liz Truss return to the limelight, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s travails leave Tories daring to dream of a swift resurrection.
September 2024
AUKUS was part of plan to punish Macron, says Boris Johnson
Writing in his upcoming memoirs, the former UK prime minister accused the French president of being a “positive nuisance” during talks to leave the EU.
New French PM under pressure to suspend immigration
Michel Barnier is being propped up by Marine Le Pen of the hard Right, who said she supported the three- to five-year moratorium he proposed in 2021.
July 2024
Von der Leyen and Starmer plan meeting to drive UK-EU ‘reset’
Britain’s new PM is seeking better trade terms with the EU, while chancellor Rachel Reeves has suggested the UK could align with EU regulations in some areas.
The fight for the UK right has begun
Surrendering to the Faragist path rather than taking it on and defeating it would herald the end of the centre right and a capitulation to unserious politics.
Why Starmer should now play prosecutor on Brexit
Labour and the Tories have avoided the topic, but a full audit of the impact of leaving the EU would deliver political and economic benefits to incoming ministers.
Boris Johnson in surprise late move to avert Tory wipeout
Making his first public appearance of the campaign, the former prime minister said Labour would “destroy so much of what we have achieved”.
Why angry Britain will this week finally dump the Tories
Five PMs, five elections and a three-ring circus: over 14 years, the Conservative government sowed the seeds of its own downfall – and leaves a mixed legacy.
Feckless liberals are to blame for Biden’s downfall
The left worldwide ignores problems on its own side, and recent history has turned on that failure.
June 2024
Why billionaires support Trump
Business people struggle to understand fanaticism. In commercial life, all actors are negotiable, even if their price is high. They also tend to overrate contrarianism.