With the daily headlines about the US and China imposing tariffs on merchandise in each other’s markets, you might get the impression that all that matters…
If you want to understand the developing trade – and currency war with China, the first thing you need to realize is that nothing Donald Trump…
If the US bond market is any indication, President Donald Trump’s escalating belligerence on trade is creating seriously increased risks of recession. But so far I…
When the US declared China a currency manipulator, long-building trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies spread to the combustible realm of currencies – with…
Donald Trump’s declaration that “trade wars are good and easy to win” will surely go down in the history books as a classic utterance – but…
Claims about a new Cold War are most probably unconvincing. But ignoring them is unwise because behind the escalation lie important messages for Europe and the…
Middle East• US
Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan: His “Art of the Deal” – his “Deal of the Century” will be a big flop in the Arab World
February 2019The new Middle East peace plan will in my opinion fail since it completely underestimates Arab leaders and ignores what they know about their region and…
According to the American intelligence community, Mr. Putin helped to elect Mr. Trump to be the next American President. Mr. Putin’s plan, his objectives have been…
US
“America First “– “America Only “ – “America Lonely “ – And how dramatically the world does change
June 2018There are decades which pass and nothing happens; and all of a sudden there are weeks and months where decades happen. For Europe, the first move…
Africa• China• US
What the two most powerful economies – America and China – can learn from Africa about the potential of “free-trade”
April 2018Free trade is not exactly the dish du jour in todays world. Currently the US and China are busily slapping tariffs on each other’s steel, pork…