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Issue of the week: Europe’s capitulation Trump’s ...

The EU’s trade deal with US president Donald Trump drew furious reactions in Paris and Berlin (see our politics page), but behind the theatrics the deal seems likely to be approved. The unequal accord

The EU-US trade deal agreed last Sunday was “grossly lopsided”, says Paul Taylor in The Guardian. The 15% across-the-board tariff rate European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen ended up accep

Matthew Partridge: In your new book, The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump: What the Trade War Means for the World, you posit that president Donald Trump’s threats over tariffs are real, rather than a

When a president uses his office to launch a cryptocurrency, it is clear that his modus operandi is to part people from their money. Apply this analysis to the global stage, tune out the furore over h

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