Protectionism

Tweet … is this tweet from yesterday by Scott Lincicome: Protectionism, currency devaluation, industrial policy, and now capital controls? How very developing country of us. DBx: With the Trump administrations newly announced threats to restrict capital fr…

China’s foreign minister warned Friday that protectionism could trigger a world recession as he vowed to stand firm in a trade row with the United States. “The lessons of the Great Depression should not be forgotten,” Wang Yi told the United Nations General …

UNITED NATIONS: China's foreign minister warned Friday that protectionism could trigger a world recession as he vowed to stand firm in a trade row with the United States. "The lessons of the Great Depression should not be forgotten," Wang Yi told the United …

UNITED NATIONS: China's foreign minister warned Friday that protectionism could trigger a world recession as he vowed to stand firm in a trade row with the United States. "The lessons of the Great Depression should not be forgotten," Wang Yi told the United …

China's foreign minister warned Friday that protectionism could trigger a world recession as he vowed to stand firm in a trade row with the United States. "The lessons of the Great Depression should not be forgotten," Wang Yi told the United Nations General …

UNITED NATIONS (AP) Four days before its communist government’s 70th birthday, China on Friday condemned protectionism and unilateralism as “major threats,” took not-entirely-subtle shots at U.S. economic policies and proudly pronounced itself “a country that…

This week’s TIME international cover was of Ian Bremmer’s interview with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he faces a tough reelection battle and reels from scandals. Bremmer also spoke to a prominent Canadian Conservative, Alberta Premier Jason Kenne…

from the protectionism-is-the-new-black dept We've repeatedly noted that while Huawei certainly engages in some clearly sketchy shit (like any good telecom company), the evidence supporting the global blacklist of the company has been lacking. The Trump admi…

SIMPLY AWFUL is how Phil Smith of IHS Markit, a data provider, describes the latest survey reading of Germanys manufacturing output. For months the purchasing-managers index has languished below 50, indicating contraction. An early release published on Septem…

SIMPLY AWFUL is how Phil Smith of IHS Markit, a data provider, describes the latest survey reading of Germanys manufacturing output. For months the purchasing-managers index has languished below 50, indicating contraction. An early release published on Septem…