By Anitra Conover What does the United States risk by trading heavily with China and cooperating with the ruling Chinese Communist Party? The relationship appears economically symbiotic. According to the Observatory of Economic Complexity, nine percent of U.S. export...
This U.S. election is calling into question the post-war world order. Whoever wins will have to address grievances shared on both sides of the Atlantic. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump shake hands at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner in New York, 20...
Tempted to erect trade barriers to protect jobs at home? Think again, says Alan Wheatley, who holds up the iPhone as “the essence of trade.” High school students participating in a mini-course on the U.S. elections recently peppered News-Decoder...
Many U.S. voters are anxious about trade and globalization. Incomes are stagnant, inequality rising. But trade can be a solution, not a problem. Customers show off their new iPhones in Sydney, Australia, 16 September 2016. (EPA/Joel Carrett) News-Decoder has teamed up...
Europe is right to order Apple to pay billions of euros of back taxes to Ireland. A failure to crack down on tax avoidance can only fuel populism. Employees at Apple’s European headquarters in Hollyhill, close to Cork, Ireland. 14 May 2015 (EPA/David Keane) This is...