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An uneasy US-China détente on tariffs

Uncertainty around Trump’s trade war has not gone away

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Friedrich Merz’s stumbling start

Germany and Europe need the chancellor to overcome his early political setback

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Tariffs won’t make Hollywood great again

Duties on foreign film productions would weaken the US movie industry

09.05.2025 3

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Britain’s trade deals are a starting point

Agreements with the US and India are imperfect, but better than nothing

08.05.2025 10

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Averting a spiral of escalation between India and Pakistan

Crisis between nuclear-armed neighbours is a big test for global diplomacy

07.05.2025 4

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The west’s shameful silence on Gaza

The US and European allies should do more to restrain Benjamin Netanyahu

06.05.2025 20

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A tentative reset between Britain and the EU

Deals this month ought to become the basis for a more ambitious realignment

05.05.2025 10

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The pitfalls of overhasty business deregulation

Republicans should think twice before rushing to scrap the US audit watchdog

04.05.2025 6

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An unwelcome surge of rightwing populism in Britain

Rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK threatens the Labour-Conservative duopoly

02.05.2025 5

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A dangerous stand-off between India and Pakistan

Shooting of tourists in Kashmir could reignite conflict across a key geopolitical faultline

01.05.2025 4

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The Iberian blackout is a wake-up call

Governments must invest in electricity resilience alongside the green transition

30.04.2025 4

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The improbable triumph of Canada’s Mark Carney

The prime minister owes his job to Donald Trump. Now he must take him on

29.04.2025 3

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Trump’s 100 days of chaos

The real battle to save the American republic may have just begun

28.04.2025 10

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Musk needs to become a more normal CEO

And Tesla should become a more normal company

27.04.2025 5

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How to pass unpopular reforms

The low-growth, high-debt bind requires bold but difficult fixes

25.04.2025 6

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Trump’s shameful Crimea ultimatum to Ukraine

Washington is trying to force on Kyiv a peace deal on Russia’s terms

24.04.2025 3

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Trump and the art of the retreat

Reputational damage to the Fed and US assets will not be easily reversed

23.04.2025 10

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Europe’s opportunity amid Trump’s chaos

The EU must move swiftly on growth reforms to capitalise on investors’ rising interest

22.04.2025 6

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The legacy of a compassionate reformist pope

Francis was an inspiring moderniser though his changes fell short of supporters’ hopes

21.04.2025 3

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Allies start to question the US nuclear umbrella

Lack of coherence in Trump’s policies raises risks of proliferation

20.04.2025 30

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Harvard’s bold stand against Trump’s bullying

University’s readiness to fight for academic freedoms is an example to others

18.04.2025 3

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Asia’s straining middle class

For sustained income growth, policymakers must bolster economic resilience

16.04.2025 4

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The UK government needs a proper plan for steel

The future is not in the Scunthorpe blast furnaces that ministers have rescued

15.04.2025 3

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The narrow window for a nuclear deal with Iran

Trump team should accept that both Washington and Tehran need to make compromises

14.04.2025 3

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Trump should offer Panama more than threats

Washington has extracted concessions, but now needs to give something back

13.04.2025 7

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What China should do next

To weather Trump’s global storm, Beijing’s economic strategy must evolve

11.04.2025 2

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Donald Trump bends to the power of the markets

But trade war with China and tariffs on most US imports still risk great harm

10.04.2025 3

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How Britain misuses its fiscal watchdog

Limited spending buffers and poor support undermine the OBR

09.04.2025 4

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Trump’s self-defeating tariffs on south-east Asia

Forced to choose between the US and China, the likes of Vietnam may opt for Beijing

08.04.2025 4

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A market rout made in the White House

Those with the president’s ear must urge him to change course on tariffs

07.04.2025 9

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A dark hour for American science

Other countries have a chance to attract US talent driven out by Trump’s policies

06.04.2025 8

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Trump’s destruction of global alliances

America’s tariff onslaught will drive upheaval well beyond trade

04.04.2025 20

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America’s astonishing act of self-harm

Trump’s tariffs will upend the global economic order and tarnish US prosperity

03.04.2025 5

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Faulty data leaves Britain in the dark

The quality of ONS governance and critical statistics needs fixing

02.04.2025 5

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The multiple tragedies of Myanmar

Years of conflict and repressive military rule will hamper earthquake relief

01.04.2025 3

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The use and abuse of investment bank bonuses

HSBC’s sacking of bankers without a payout is part of a wider reset of incentives

30.03.2025 10

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The perils of capitulating to Donald Trump

This week has brought cave-ins to the White House but also signs of a fightback

28.03.2025 6

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US auto tariffs help Chinese EVs to race ahead

BYD’s technological advances show where the centre of innovation now lies

28.03.2025 40

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The UK chancellor’s fiscal holding operation

The government needs to make bold choices ahead of the autumn Budget

27.03.2025 4

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The amateurism of the Trump White House

‘Signalgate’ will send shockwaves through the US security apparatus and foreign allies

26.03.2025 30

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Trump’s flawed plan to bring business to America

The threat of tariffs will not spark a manufacturing renaissance

25.03.2025 30

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Britain’s unwanted fiscal fix

The chancellor’s Spring Statement must draw lessons from October’s flawed Budget

23.03.2025 10

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The dizzying shifts in the global economic narrative

Investors and policymakers are struggling to keep pace with change

21.03.2025 10

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The Gaza ceasefire must be restored

Donald Trump is the one world leader with significant leverage over Israel’s premier

20.03.2025 10

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The alarming detention of the Turkish president’s rival

Move against Istanbul mayor brings fears of authoritarian slide by Erdoğan

20.03.2025 9

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Robots are getting smarter — and that’s a good thing

Artificial intelligence boosts automatons’ utility beyond the factory floor

17.03.2025 7

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US allies in Asia must also rethink their defence

Trump’s foreign policy shake-up has profound implications for Japan and South Korea

16.03.2025 10

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Trump’s incoherent economic agenda

The White House’s mishmash of radical policies is sapping confidence in America

14.03.2025 5

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Romania’s contentious ban on a far-right candidate

Authorities should release more evidence of why Călin Georgescu has been blocked

13.03.2025 10

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The hope of a ceasefire in Ukraine

Donald Trump must now play hardball with Moscow as he has with Kyiv

12.03.2025 5

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