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This Week in Canada: Carney and Trump’s Bromance Was Nice While It Lasted
The U.S. president is a wake-up call for Canada’s national identity, a Canadian singer apologizes for sounding too American, and much more. Brought to…
Rupa Subramanya
This Is Peak Trump
From Iran to the Supreme Court, the president is on a roll. How long will his winning streak last?
Matthew Continetti
The Nippon Steel Deal: A Master Class in Winning the Working Class
In opposing the merger of U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel, Joe Biden was playing politics. But in doing so, he handed Donald Trump an easy victory.
Bethany McLean
This Week in Canada: The King’s Land Acknowledgment
Plus: Tariffs off, tariffs on. Canada’s oil goes to China. Bono loves us. And more.
Rupa Subramanya
America the Unreliable
Thanks to Trump, decision-makers in foreign capitals and corporate boardrooms have realized they can’t depend on the U.S. government. And there is no…
Yuval Levin
This Week in Canada: Trump and Carney’s Odd Bromance
A terror suspect gets house arrest at a mosque, a beautiful Golden Dome, and much more. Brought to you by Rupa Subramanya.
Rupa Subramanya
The Intellectual Godfathers of Protectionism
Once shunned, globalization’s doubters turned out to be right about its destructive economic and social consequences. What do they think of what Trump…
Joe Nocera
Kevin O’Leary: Tariffs on Chinese Goods Should be 400 Percent
China has never complied with the rules of international trade. It’s time to hold them accountable.
Kevin O’Leary
Niall Ferguson: Donald Trump Is Crushing His To-Do List
But is he crushing the economy in the process?
Niall Ferguson
With Tariffs, It’s the Uncertainty, Stupid
‘So long as uncertainty reigns,’ said one chief executive, ‘money will stay on the sidelines.’
Peter Coy
Will Trump’s Tariffs Blow Up the Global MAGA Movement?
Nationalism is on the rise. ‘Liberation Day’ could change that.
Matthew Continetti
The Trump White House and the New Opium Wars
The unraveling of U.S.–China economic ties echoes a darker chapter of history, when a trade dispute between the East and the West escalated into the…
Eli Lake
Think You Can Guess Trump’s Next Move? Think Again.
There is no policy. No plan. No logic. There is only Donald Trump.
Matthew Continetti
China and America Agree: Apple Is Too Big to Fail
The problem with building iPhones in America isn’t that they’d be priced at $3,500 each. It’s that they wouldn’t be built at all.
Patrick McGee
China and America Aren’t Just in a Trade War. It’s a Fight for the 21st Century.
Xi and Trump are now in a zero-sum contest for global supremacy.
Matt Pottinger and Liza Tobin
Working-Class Americans—Like My Family—Will Be Hit Hardest by Trump’s Tariffs
My hometown was wrecked by deindustrialization. These tariffs will only make things worse.
River Page
Jed Rubenfeld: Are Trump’s Tariffs Legal?
The president’s economic policies could soon be challenged in court. But do the president’s opponents have a chance?
Jed Rubenfeld
Trump Isn’t the First President to Blow Up the Trading System
Can the 47th president avoid the same fate as Richard Nixon?
Matthew Continetti
Victor Davis Hanson: Donald Trump’s Just Trade War
Ignore the Wall Street hysteria. The president is trying to end a 50-year injustice directed at the U.S.—and to help the most overlooked Americans.
Victor Davis Hanson
Niall Ferguson: Trump’s Tariffs and the End of American Empire
The president stands as much chance of reindustrializing the U.S. as you do of getting your frozen laptop to work by smashing the motherboard with a…
Niall Ferguson
Tyler Cowen: ‘Liberation Day’ Was Even Worse Than Expected
This is perhaps the worst economic own goal I have seen in my lifetime.
Tyler Cowen
Larry Summers Thinks Trump’s Tariffs Are a Disaster
The former Treasury secretary says: ‘I have never seen as irrational a consequential policy put in place by an American administration.’
Oliver Wiseman
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