Saturday, May 10, 2025

Geopolitics and Trade Wars

Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau: Why Europe will lose the trade war
https://youtu.be/VUBTHQ11G8M
 
This Is the Trade Conflict Xi Jinping Has Been Waiting For
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/world/asia/xi-jinping-china-trade-war.html
For years, the leader of China has planned to make the world dependent on its exports and know-how. But the strategy has costs for his own country. 


Welcome to the new age of geoeconomics
https://www.ft.com/content/daf5ce11-c95b-4964-8df1-7463f0f9a81b
Tech, trade, finance and military policies are mingling in a manner not seen during the neoliberal era.

The old global economic order is dead
https://www.ft.com/content/49e38ee8-f37e-47da-8ee4-1631175d2224
China and others must think afresh as the US steps away from its role as balancer of last resort. 

As U.S. Turns Its Back on Free Trade, Other Countries Double Down
https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/as-u-s-turns-its-back-on-free-trade-other-countries-double-down-c13c501f
Faced with U.S. barriers, countries like the U.K. and India move to ease trade among themselves.