Brexit lessons for Trump’s trade war

In his latest display of fealty before Donald Trump, US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent described the president’s U-turns over tariffs as a deliberate act in creating “strategic uncertainty”. According to Bessent, certainty is over-rated and waywardness brings leverage to negotiations that will generate the best trade deals for the US. This confident talk reminded me…

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Goldman’s Waldron says US’s early trade deals to ‘serve as a template’

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The Trump administration’s early trade deals could trigger a binary reaction from financial markets and determine how investors view the White House’s tariffs, Goldman Sachs president John Waldron said. Wall Street has endured…

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Trump’s bombing campaign against Houthis tests his vow to ‘stop wars’

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