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ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, PRESIDENT DONALD Trump made lofty claims about the benefits of raising tariffs. They will reshore American manufacturing jobs and encourage domestic spending, he promised. “Tari

Is Europe’s 80-year-old alliance with America doomed? asks Michael Shear in The New York Times. US president Donald Trump’s threats of 25% tariffs on a slew of European nations, including the UK, for

Donald Trump’s demands for control of Greenland by means of punitive tariffs of 10%-25% on eight Nato allies, or perhaps by military means if resisted, is “without parallel or precedent”, says Faisal

It is nearly ten long years since the British people voted to leave the European Union. The latest opinion polls show that a majority now believe that Brexit has gone badly. Too much time has been was

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