Trade wars
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Trump's White House
How Elon Musk and Taylor Swift can resolve US-China relations
While we were sleeping, China took a great leap forward in high-tech manufacturing of everything. Will China bury us? That is not at all inevitable.
- by Thomas L. Friedman
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Interest rates
The Trump shadow hanging over Wall Street’s meltdown
A big change in the Federal Reserve’s thinking triggered a bloodbath on Wall Street that has spread around the world.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Inside China
China is already in deep trouble. Trump will make things worse
China is considering a range of ideas to fix its economic mess. It may have to take more radical and painful measures if Donald Trump starts a new trade war.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Electric vehicles
China is leaving Europe’s and America’s carmakers in the dust in the EV race
China’s 21st-century auto technology is causing turmoil for the big established US, Japanese and European carmakers.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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China has trade weapons to fight back, and is not afraid to use them
China has targeted Nvidia with an antitrust investigation in an apparent escalation of its response to the latest US attempt to cut off its access to advanced computer chips.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Even before Trump and his tariffs, Europe is in trouble
The timing couldn’t be worse. The fall of the French government and the collapse of Germany’s coalition government have left Europe even more vulnerable to a new trade war with America.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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China is on a collision course with Trump. It just fired a warning shot
China has not wasted any time responding to the latest US attempt to restrain its development of a crucial industry. It was an unusual move and perhaps a sign of things to come.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Currencies
‘Go find another sucker’: Trump threatens Xi, Putin and co
Donald Trump has found a new way to deploy his favourite weapon.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Tariffs, sanctions or bans? What will Trump really achieve when the US says ‘no’
The president-elect has repeatedly promised tariffs as if to protect manufacturers – and workers. But the targets are revealing.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
Ready for ‘warfare’: China loads its weapon to fight back against Trump
Donald Trump has made it clear he believes a confrontation between the US and China over trade and technology is inevitable. Beijing has had time to get ready.
- by Alexandra Stevenson and Paul Mozur
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Watch out! Crony capitalism is coming to America
Pay your way out of the Trump tariffs: The rules for how to succeed in American business are about to change - and not in a good way.
- by Paul Krugman
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