Trade Wars, the prospects for freer trade and the impact on asset prices
Will the Sino-US trade war breed contagion? Will the dispute trigger a global recession? Has the era of freer trade ended? Will asset…
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Benn Steil: Trump’s Tariffs Are Killing American Steel
“Our Steel Industry is the talk of the World,” President Trump tweeted in September. “It has been given new life, and is thriving.” Yet nearly…
Read MoreWhy China should remove all trade tariffs
I am a Tariff Man. When people or countries come in to raid the great wealth of our Nation, I want them to pay…
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How are Chinese stocks responding to tariffs with the US and a slowdown in Asian growth?
Despite US tariffs, China’s September trade balance with the US reached a record high A number of China’s Asian neighbours have seen a deceleration…
Read MoreChina’s Trade Surplus With US Hits Record High as Export Growth Declines
by Mike Mish Shedlock US trade data with China makes it increasingly likely Trump will increase tariffs on China. Bloomberg reports China Trade Outlook Darkens as…
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Zero Hedge: US Ports Fear Tariffs Could Collapse Ship Traffic And Reduce Jobs
President Donald Trump has repeatedly told the American people his trade war pitch: “Tariffs are the greatest!” Except they are not — and a new…
Read MoreThe Economist’s Original Prospectus From Its Founding
Editor’s Note: I found this on their website, an interesting piece to read in 2018… …………………………………………………….. And now we beg to submit the…
Read MoreFree Trade Speech
I recently had the pleasure of addressing a meeting in Mankato, Minnesota, hosted by the Heritage Foundation on the subject of trade and its role in Minnesota’s…
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Monetary Consequence of Tariffs
Last week in Monetary Paradigm Reset, we talked about the challenge of explaining a new paradigm. We said: “The hard part of accepting this paradigm…
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Trade Wars: Those damn’d torpedoes are OURS!
For many an age, a principal element of Britain’s strategy in its frequent wars with its Continental rivals was that of the naval blockade….
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