America First

Opinion

Opinion | ‘America First' hastens the demise of US hegemony

The wise course for the US is not to try to take on China as a foe, but rather to intertwine Western and Asian self-interest by harnessing free trade in goods, capital and ideas

4 min read2 Dec 2018
Opinion

Opinion: Globalization with Chinese characteristics

If the US turns its back on the global order, China will be well positioned to take the lead on reforming the rules of international trade and investment

4 min read13 Aug 2018
Politics

Motorcycles matter as trade tensions rise

India has announced that it will impose retaliatory tariffs worth $235 million on 29 items imported from the US from 4 August

1 min read21 Jun 2018
Opinion

The world according to Donald Trump and Xi Jinping

Donald Trump's 'America First' strategy and Xi Jinping's 'Chinese dream' are founded on a common premise: that the world's two biggest powers have complete latitude to act in their own interest.

4 min read24 May 2018
Opinion

Donald Trump's two-front war for ‘America First'

The US is systematically reducing the World Trade Organization into a vegetable

3 min read9 May 2018
Opinion

Reforming the UN: problems and prospects

UN secretary general Antnio Guterres's reform plan faces significant normative, financial and political challenges, and lessons from earlier efforts might prove instructive

4 min read6 May 2018
Industry

Donald Trump signs sweeping tariff order, defying trade war warnings

United States will levy a 25% duty on steel imports and 10% on aluminium, the same level Donald Trump promised when he revealed the tariff plan on 1 March

5 min read9 Mar 2018
News

Donald Trump govt further tightens US H-1B visa norms

Under the new US visa policy, a firm would have to go an extra mile to prove its H-1B employee at a third-party worksite has specific and non-qualifying speculative assignments in speciality occupation

2 min read24 Feb 2018
News

Donald Trump steers right-wing summit CPAC on populist path blazed in Europe

The list of speakers at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that opens Thursday includes two European nativists, Marion Marechal-Le Pen and Nigel Farage

4 min read22 Feb 2018
News

EU vows to strike back at Donald Trump trade threat

The EU has warned it would take 'appropriate measures' to defend its interests if the US imposes tough trade sanctions as Donald Trump delivers on his protectionist policies

1 min read20 Feb 2018