Trade
War by other means — Trump’s tariffs and the empire’s final...
Thomas Fazi
Apr 15, 2025
Trump’s tariff policy represents a desperate bid to preserve US economic, military and geopolitical dominance at any cost — using economic...
US Treasury chief calls tariff war with China unsustainable and expects...
Robert Delaney, Khushboo Razdan, Igor Patrick
Apr 22, 2025
Negotiations with Beijing have yet to start, Scott Bessent adds, voicing belief in a possible deal as...
James Galbraith on tariffs, Europe and China
Interview to Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
What are the aims of Trump’s “tariff storm” and his other policies? What results will they yield? What will happen to...
Return of the Robber Barons
Donald Trump’s Distorted View of America’s Tariff History
By Michael Hudson
April 14, 2025
Summary
Donald Trump’s tariff policy has thrown markets into turmoil among his allies and...
The war of minerals
China hits back at Trump by tightening exports of rare earths
By Nick Beams
Apr. 14, 2025
China has taken a significant step in the intensifying economic...
Dominique de Villepin, ancien Premier ministre, sur la guerre commerciale :...
ENTRETIEN EXCLUSIF — L’ex-ministre des Affaires étrangères de Jacques Chirac, qui vient de publier un essai, « Le Pouvoir de dire non », décrypte...
Trump’s Tariff Theory (The Miran Mirage)
By Indrajit Samarajiva
Apr. 9, 2025
We are witnessing the planned demolition of America as a world trade center. The historical bin is laden with economic...
Trump’s tariff pull-back and the class character of the capitalist state
By Patrick Martin
Apr 11, 2025
Donald Trump is the US president, but he rules on behalf of a capitalist oligarchy. That is a basic political...
Trump’s tariff “pause”: Another expression of the deepening crisis of US...
By Nick Beams
April 9, 2025
The announcement yesterday by US President Trump of a 90-day pause in the implementation of his so-called “reciprocal tariffs,” ostensibly...
Trade war and rare earth minerals
China’s Rare Earth Restrictions Could Send US Nuclear Industry Into Meltdown
By Ilya Tsukanov
April 9, 2025
The new restrictions are a masterstroke that will propel the...