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China Doesn’t Fear Tariffs. It Fears a Credible US Industrial Strategy.
Tariffs alone cannot undo decades of offshoring. Without a complementary labor strategy and industrial policy in the United ...
To instill confidence, China tries to reassure private entrepreneurs of support
As the country faces slowing economic growth and a trade war with the U.S., China has taken pains to reassure entrepreneurs ...
California Is America's Engine. Tariffs Risk Stalling It
Following President Trump's tariff announcement, Governor Gavin Newsom moved to shield the state's economy from potential ...
What is stagflation, explained — and whether the economic crisis could return from Trump’s trade war
At their basic nature, supply disruptions are stagflationary. If a fast-spreading strain of the bird flu, for example, ...
U.S. and China Headed for ‘Monumental’ Split, Putting World Economy on Edge
A deepening trade war could further weaken ties between the superpowers. The effects will reverberate everywhere.
China Says Its Own Consumers Will Save the Day. But They’re Not Buying.
If sky-high U.S. tariffs hurt China’s exports, domestic spending will help make up for it, Beijing says. But shoppers were ...
China's deflationary pressures persist as trade gloom worsens
China's consumer prices fell for the second straight month in March while factory-gate deflation worsened, as an escalating U ...
SPLG: Better Than SPY And VOO
SPLG was launched in 2005 as a lower-cost alternative to SPY. Both SPLG and SPY are managed by State Street and are nearly ...
President Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression. What history tells us
With sweeping tariffs that have sent global markets into a tailspin, President Trump argued that the U.S. was founded on ...
Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression. History says different
The Tariff Act of 1890 raised taxes to 49.5% on 1,500-plus items. Championing the move was the “Napoleon of Protectionism,” ...
QUOTE BOX US stocks slide loses steam even as tariff worries remain
A global equities meltdown lost some of its intensity on Monday as U.S. President Donald Trump stuck to his sweeping tariff plans though his advisers said he would be willing to negotiate with ...