China Warns Australia Against Being a Democracy
China throws its weight around even more casually than the US does, achieving the difficult task of making Trump look not so bad.
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Raising Tariffs on China Without Grabbing Headlines
How Europe raised tariffs on more Chinese imports than Trump has threatened to.
Read more...The Hudson Report: Does Trump Know Anything About Trade?
Michael Hudson discusses Trump’s trade row with China.
Read more...Fast Fashion Juggernaut Rolls Along
The fast fashion cycle continues to accelerate, as sustainability concerns fall to the wayside. Algorithms are trotted out as a panacea for products that embed an offensive message.
Read more...Trade War or Not, China Risks a ‘Minsky Moment’
How China’s officials are trying to protect the county’s economic glass jaw.
Read more...Trump Ups the Ante in Trade Brinksmanship
Investors are rattled by Trump escalating his trade war threat with China.
Read more...Economists’ Dubious Relationship with Trade Policy: Comparative Advantage is a System that Works for the Wealthy
The great unwashed public has good reason to doubt what economists say about trade.
Read more...Why Not to Expect Much from US Trade Talks With China
Why the Trump trade threats towards China aren’t likely to be terribly productive.
Read more...Mr. Market Has a Hissy Fit Over Trump’s “Coming Soon” China Tariffs
How much of the upset over Trump’s planned China tariffs is warranted?
Read more...Economists Shocked That China Invalidates Their Pet View That Economic Liberalization Producers Political Liberalization
Another economic fantasy, that the trade liberalization promotes the spread of democracy, takes some hard knocks from China.
Read more...Waiting for the Chinese Bear Stearns
Why the Chinese shadow banking system is a possible source of systemic risk: a outstanding worry that has not gotten any better.
Read more...LEAKED: Trump Threatens to Launch Trade War v. Rattled China Over IP Theft
Trump’s trade threats against China make steel and aluminum tariffs look like a game.
Read more...Trump’s Tariff Threat to Kick Off Trade War?
Trump is threatening to kick off a trade slugfest via tariffs on steel and aluminum. Will he follow through?
Read more...Dire Consequences of Ignoring Trade in Climate Change Targets: On Track to 3.5 C Temperature Increase by 2100
Astonishingly, climate change accords like Kyoto and Paris ignore the impact of trade. That omission means our collective goose is cooked.
Read more...Davos: Alive or Dead?
Politicians and economists are meeting at Davos, but as times change, does neoliberalism retain its cachet?
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