How’s the trade war going? Short answer: as badly as expected. Capricious tariffs have shown the rest of the world that the US cannot be trusted. And they have pushed trading partners away and closer

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

CUPRA’S Chinese-built, all-electric Tavascan’s EU import tariff could be relaxed, which could pave the way for MINI, Smart, Volvo and other European car brands to get a cut in duty, too. The EU’s poli

FOUR WEEKS BEFORE THE BEGINNING of his second term as President, Donald Trump abruptly floated the idea of taking back the Panama Canal. It had been a quarter-century since the U.S. formally ceded to

The development and future of capitalism

Issue of the week: Venezuela and the markets ...