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Saturday 22/September/2018 14:57 PM

The global trade system could break down

Ten years after the failure of Lehman Brothers, we know that multilateral action was crucial in preventing the so-called Great Recession from becoming even...

Wednesday 19/September/2018 15:25 PM

Looking beyond Lehman

It is human nature to pass judgement for calamitous events that harm almost everyone. It is also natural for the stories that emerge from such events to...

Wednesday 19/September/2018 15:13 PM

Can trade agreements be a friend to labour?

Labour advocates have long complained that international trade agreements are driven by corporate agendas and pay little attention to the interests of...

Tuesday 18/September/2018 20:44 PM

Trump tariffs only a weak blow to China

China is fully prepared to win any kind of tariff war that Donald Trump can throw at it with some quite simple stratagems that might all be grouped under a...

Tuesday 18/September/2018 15:20 PM

The siren song of left-wing populism

Social democratic parties around the world are struggling. In France’s 2017 presidential election, the candidate for the Socialists – once the...