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Will Policy Chaos Trigger a Flight From the Dollar?

Will Policy Chaos Trigger a Flight From the Dollar?

The stock-market turbulence unleashed last week by the White House’s wildly fluctuating trade policy was frightening enough — but it’s no longer...

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Editorial Board

Luxury Industry's 'Trump Boost' Was Very Short-Lived

Luxury Industry's 'Trump Boost' Was Very Short-Lived

The mini bling boom since the turn of the year is well and truly over. On Monday, LVMH reported first-quarter sales that missed expectations. No...

yesterday 10

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Andrea Felsted

It’s Safest to Call This a Temporary Ceasefire

It’s Safest to Call This a Temporary Ceasefire

To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here . There is no peace in the trade conflict, but there is something...

yesterday 8

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John Authers

British Steel's China Wakeup Call Goes Unheard

British Steel's China Wakeup Call Goes Unheard

British Steel Ltd. is once again a ward of the state. Parliament was recalled to sit on a Saturday for the first time since Argentina invaded the...

yesterday 8

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Matthew Brooker

The Next TikTok Shutdown Is Likely to Be Longer

The Next TikTok Shutdown Is Likely to Be Longer

TikTok’s Chinese owners, as the whole world knows, was forced by Congress, Joe Biden’s White House and the Supreme Court to divest the app....

yesterday 5

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Dave Lee

Here Is Harvard's Best Argument Against Funding Cuts

Here Is Harvard's Best Argument Against Funding Cuts

Harvard University is betting everything on the rule of law. Standing up to President Donald Trump and refusing to accede to unlawful conditions on...

yesterday 0

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Noah Feldman

RFK Jr.’s Autism ‘Investigation’ Reflects His Ignorance

RFK Jr.’s Autism ‘Investigation’ Reflects His Ignorance

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vow to uncover the cause of autism by September is ludicrous. There are no fast and...

yesterday 0

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Lisa Jarvis

Bitcoin’s Response to Tariffs Says a Lot About the Dollar

Bitcoin’s Response to Tariffs Says a Lot About the Dollar

Much has been made about how stocks and cryptocurrency assets have become correlated ever since President Donald Trump announced his “Liberation...

yesterday 0

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Aaron Brown

US Citizens Could Be on a Plane to El Salvador Next

US Citizens Could Be on a Plane to El Salvador Next

The White House made it clear during a visit from Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, that it plans to let Kilmar Abrego Garcia rot in the...

yesterday 0

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Patricia Lopez

A Matter of Trust as Markets Ponder What’s Next

yesterday 0

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John Authers

If Japan Can’t Get a Good Trade Deal, Can Anyone?

yesterday 0

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Gearoid Reidy

‘Drill Baby Drill’ and Other Economic Delusions

yesterday 0

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Jonathan Levin

When Will China Start to Devalue the Yuan?

yesterday 10

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Shuli Ren

It’s India’s Fault Local Startups Are Trailing China

It’s India’s Fault Local Startups Are Trailing China

India’s minister for commerce and industry, Piyush Goyal, set off a firestorm when he noted how dissatisfied he was with the nation’s startups, an...

previous day 10

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Mihir Sharma

Taiwan Is Under Siege With or Without Tariffs

Taiwan Is Under Siege With or Without Tariffs

It makes sense to think that Donald Trump’s trade war is increasing the risk for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan because it adds pressure on Beijing....

previous day 4

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Karishma Vaswani

The White House Is Stoking an Inferno of Uncertainty for Tech

The White House Is Stoking an Inferno of Uncertainty for Tech

If anyone in the tech industry needed a reminder that there’s no method to President Donald Trump’s tariff madness, they were served one over a...

previous day 3

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Catherine Thorbecke

Meta’s Hopes of a Tech Antitrust Reprieve Are Dashed

Meta’s Hopes of a Tech Antitrust Reprieve Are Dashed

Meta Platforms Inc. heads to court on Monday to defend claims it is an illegal monopoly and should be broken up. The Federal Trade Commission, even...

previous day 2

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Dave Lee

Asking for a Friend: How Does a Country Regain Credibility?

Asking for a Friend: How Does a Country Regain Credibility?

I’m Justin Fox and this is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a high-credibility package of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here. The best argument for...

previous day 2

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Justin Fox

Nvidia's Mar-a-Lago Dinner Looks Like a Raw Deal for US AI

Nvidia's Mar-a-Lago Dinner Looks Like a Raw Deal for US AI

Dinner with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago is never about the food. It can brighten a company’s prospects and potentially change the course of history....

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Parmy Olson

Volcker’s Lessons for Restoring Dented US Credibility

Volcker’s Lessons for Restoring Dented US Credibility

Two episodes from Paul Volcker’s long career in public service stand out as lessons for the Trump administration today. In 1971, Volcker helped end...

previous day 2

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Christine Harper

RFK Jr. Needs to Explain Himself

RFK Jr. Needs to Explain Himself

Some 10,000 federal health workers lost their jobs earlier this month — among them, a group of regulators who help new medicines get approved. If...

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Editorial Board

Lessons for Luxury From the Art World’s Miserable Year

Lessons for Luxury From the Art World’s Miserable Year

The luxury sector can learn from the art market’s pain. Sellers of Balenciaga bags and Banksy works have both been hit by last year’s bursting of...

previous day 3

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Andrea Felsted

Why Wouldn’t China Weaponize Its $760 Billion Treasury Holdings?

Why Wouldn’t China Weaponize Its $760 Billion Treasury Holdings?

China is done retaliating against US President Donald Trump’s exorbitant tariffs, calling the administration’s actions a “joke” that it no longer...

previous day 7

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Shuli Ren

There’s a Thin Line Between a Trade War and Real War

There’s a Thin Line Between a Trade War and Real War

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, the combination of economic impact, personal animus and raw nationalism of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. On...

previous day 7

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Tobin Harshaw

This Passover, Everyone Has Questions

This Passover, Everyone Has Questions

To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here . This week is when the world’s Jews gather together to retell the...

previous day 10

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John Authers

CEOs Just Got a Lesson In How to Influence the White House

CEOs Just Got a Lesson In How to Influence the White House

A collective high-five went around Wall Street this week. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump paused higher tariffs on dozens of countries after...

12.04.2025 1

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Beth Kowitt

Can America Fight a Tech War and a Trade War at Once?

Can America Fight a Tech War and a Trade War at Once?

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a multi-strategic hodgepodge of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here . Now that we know all this Trump trade...

12.04.2025 1

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Howard Chua-Eoan

Trump Made China His Big Tariff Target. Xi Was Ready.

Trump Made China His Big Tariff Target. Xi Was Ready.

This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on web...

12.04.2025 1

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Brooke Sample

Tariff Turmoil Will Continue Unless Congress Steps In

11.04.2025 1

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Editorial Board

Victory Over Inflation Now Seems So Yesterday

Victory Over Inflation Now Seems So Yesterday

To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here . Irony of ironies. On a day when the battle to save the value of...

11.04.2025 2

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John Authers

Tariff Reprieves Won't Repair Trust In America

Tariff Reprieves Won't Repair Trust In America

The bond market spoke; Donald Trump blinked. The lettuce theory of Liz Truss holds true: No leader, not even one who has shrugged off assassination...

11.04.2025 1

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Lionel Laurent

Deals Are the First Casualties of the Trade War

Deals Are the First Casualties of the Trade War

Pause or delete? That is the question for investment bank clients looking at doing deals or taking companies public. Morgan Stanley’s Chief...

11.04.2025 1

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Paul J. Davies

Social Media's 'Big Tobacco Moment’ Is Coming

Social Media's 'Big Tobacco Moment’ Is Coming

The new Bloomberg Originals documentary Can’t Look Away, which follows parents suing tech companies after the deaths of their children, is...

11.04.2025 3

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Parmy Olson

China Won’t Blink First in Its Fight With the US

China Won’t Blink First in Its Fight With the US

In America’s escalating trade war with China, it won’t be Beijing that blinks first. President Xi Jinping can withstand way more economic and...

10.04.2025 6

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Karishma Vaswani

Japan’s Second City Is Hosting a $66 Billion Coming-Out Party

Japan’s Second City Is Hosting a $66 Billion Coming-Out Party

Osaka’s World Expo opens to the public on Sunday, following years of negative headlines — from budget overruns and calls for its cancellation, to...

10.04.2025 4

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Gearoid Reidy

Apple Has Trade War Lessons for TSMC

Apple Has Trade War Lessons for TSMC

Fresh from instigating global chaos with his tariff blitz, President Donald Trump declared that the initial reprieve felt by the chips sector — and...

10.04.2025 30

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Catherine Thorbecke

Does Pre-Tariff Sushi Taste Better?

Does Pre-Tariff Sushi Taste Better?

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a paper trail of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here. In the small Connecticut town where I grew up, we...

10.04.2025 4

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Jessica Karl