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How The Financial Media Made Austerity Worse

The financial press failed to play its watchdog role and was handicapped by entrenched views and group-think, argues a n... Read more

China Accelerating Into The Future With Electric Cars

China's auto show to reveal electric ambitions to clean-up its smog-chocked cities and become a technological world lead... Read more

The US-China Trade War And Why Brexit Britain Should Be Worried

Donald Trump is fragmenting the world trade order making the hoped-for favourable trade deals post-Brexit a far more dif... Read more

It Is Time To Reinvent The Commonwealth With India At Its Centre

Over half of the Commonwealth's 2.3bn citizens are Indians. Read more

Value Versus Growth: The Great Investment Debate

Has the the time come for growth-focused investors to hand on the baton to their counterparts in the value camp? Read more

Lagarde Urges Countries To Settle Trade Disputes, Cut Debt

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde told reporters that "the near-term prospect for the global economy appears to be... Read more

US Manufacturers Seek Relief From Steel And Aluminum Tariffs

Hundreds of companies in the United States that use those metals are saying the tariffs are disrupting their business. Read more

Five Ways To Save Britain's Struggling High Streets

In the last decade, over 28,000 stores have closed, and footfall has been on a relentless downward trend. Read more

UK Interest Rate Hike Looms As Wages Rise Faster Than Inflation

The Office for National Statistics says that average weekly earnings in the three months to February rose 2.8 percent Read more

China's Economic Growth Holds Steady Amid Trade Dispute

The world's second-largest economy expanded by 6.8 percent during the January-March quarter, compared to the same quarte... Read more

Chinese Exporters Scramble To Cope With Trump Tariff Hike

While the Chinese government has said it would take reciprocal action, higher U.S. tariffs are causing Chinese traders c... Read more

President Macron Confronts France's Powerful Trade Unions

Portrayed as a fight for the identity of France, Macron wants to reduce the role of the state. Read more

China Denies Xi Comments Aimed At Settling Trade Dispute With US

Chinese President Xi Jinping had said in a speech Tuesday the country would lower import tariffs and open up its economy... Read more

Did China Just Blink Over Trump's Trade Tariffs?

China's President Xi Jinping offers US possible trade concessions. Read more

Trump Complains About 'STUPID TRADE' With China

US President's war of words over trade deficit is making markets and fellow Republicans nervous. Read more