How EU Leaders Can Prevent a No-Deal Brexit

LONDON – Has British Prime Minister Theresa May outmaneuvered all her opponents? By defeating Parliament’s effort to rule out a disorderly...

The World Economy Goes Hollywood

LONDON – If there is one useful conclusion that economists and investors can draw from the crazy year that has just ended – indeed, from the whole...

Is Canceling Brexit Now Inevitable?

LONDON – In times of political turmoil, events can move from impossible to inevitable without even passing through improbable. In early 2016, the...

Why a US-China tariff cease-fire is coming soon

Why a US-China Tariff Ceasefire Is Coming Soon

LONDON – The meeting between US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires this week is being...

Theresa May Could Back a New Brexit Referendum

LONDON – As the Brexit negotiations enter their endgame, a stalemate has become the most likely outcome. This is good news. It does not mean that...

Why the US Would Lose A Trade War with China

LONDON – The United States cannot win its tariff war with China, regardless of what President Donald Trump says or does in the coming months. Trump...