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Alan BeattieFinancial Times |
The greenback’s global role has endured shocks from without and within
Consistency and bipartisanship have helped Canberra resist trade coercion by Beijing
Environmental trade restrictions now reflect noisy campaigners more than protectionist farmers
Blocking cargo ships’ passage through the Red Sea hasn’t noticeably hurt global growth or pushed up inflation
The EU’s carbon tariffs to combat climate change are snarled in complex bureaucracy
A WTO meeting next week will discuss the bizarre idea of trying to put border tariffs on data flows
There is no single liberal international order embracing both economics and foreign policy
Ministers should explain the benefits and address the costs of attracting foreign students
US industrial policy is too expensive and China-sceptic to become a global standard
Relying on American military power to protect Red Sea shipping routes is risky
Governments are performatively hostile to asylum seekers to distract voters from economic migrants
The EU’s new tech regulations are complex but a good-faith effort to fix a problem
Diverse geopolitics, smart researchers and resourceful traders are undermining attempts to control critical products
Worldwide integration of markets should not be pursued at all costs but should be a means to an end
If Beijing returns to promoting export-led growth, tension over exchange rates may return
Unless it gets Donald Trump elected or spurs China to invade Taiwan, the Gaza conflict is not disastrous for trade
The EU and other trading partners should keep short-term peace while preserving fundamental principles
The EU and others are pondering how to deal with value-chain disruption and geopolitical rivalry
Rivalry between China and the US over energy and minerals has not broken the global economy into blocs
China’s conflicted interests and strategic rivalries are helping to preserve the status quo of rich-country dominance
Proposed anti-subsidy duties are an admission that European companies and governments have been slow to innovate
Poland, Hungary and Slovakia have trashed European law to break a trade truce with Kyiv
Arbitrarily dividing a complex world into simple blocs creates polarisation and retards progress