Protectionism

WASHINGTON The nations business economists think President Donald Trumps trade war with China will contribute to a sharp slowdown in economic growth this year and next, raising concerns about a possible recession starting late next year. The latest survey by…

The Trump administration plans to impose tariffs on $7.5 billion worth of European imports _ from gouda cheese to single-malt whiskey to large aircraft _ beginning Oct. 18 to retaliate against illegal European Union subsidies for aviation giant Airbus. The l…

The World Trade Organization says the United States can impose tariffs on up to $7.5 billion US worth of goods from the European Union as retaliation for illegal subsidies that the bloc gave to plane-maker Airbus a record award from the trade body. The move …

(Bloomberg) -- To see how a protectionist trade war might backfire, look to Russia. Five years into Vladimir Putins effort to protect Russian farmers from foreign competition and penalize the U.S. and Europe for sanctions imposed after his 2014 annexation of…

Melania Trumps famous jacket seems to sum up the markets reaction to Donald Trumps problems. If they actually did this the markets would crash, says the would-be president-for-life, cruelly limited by recent events to president-for-now. Do you think it was …

President Trump has now delayed imposition of $250 billion worth of tariffs on China yet again, from October 1 to October 15, as a supposed goodwill gesture. This will only confirm Beijing’s view of Trump as weak, vacillating, and easily manipulated. Of all …

Chinas Belt and Road Initiative is a vast transcontinental development project looking to improve connectivity among nations in Asia, Europe, and Africa. First announced by president Xi Jinping in 2013, dozens of countries have signed onto the scheme seeking …

Share to facebookShare to twitterShare to linkedin China IPOs in US on Trump watch list.   photo credit: Getty Getty The rumors of a possible ban on Chinese companies listing in the U.S. has been circul…

Tweet … is from page 335 of Columbia University economics professor Arvind Panagariyas excellent and important 2019 book, Free Trade and Prosperity; this quotation is the title of this books “Appendix 2”: There is no logical case for infant industry protect…

The call for banning or asking for action against online e-commerce firms is not going to work but instead, the offline retailers must realise the huge golden opportunity that online retail offers and get on to it, said BS Nagesh, Chairman, Retailers Associat…