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The ruling strikes down most of the Trump administration’s current tariffs, with more limited options to replace them.
The US alliance will endure despite Trump’s efforts to upend the global order. But whoever wins the May 3 election must boost engagement with regional partners.
Economic self-sufficiency can bring higher costs and higher inflation. Instead, countries need to be nimble, rather than isolated, to survive economic uncertainty.
If the incoming US president makes good on his tariffs threat, the rest of the world will have to decide how to respond.
Whoever’s governing Canada in the next four years must prepare for how to respond to — and preferably, pre-empt —Donald Trump’s rhetoric and ensuing actions to preserve and promote Canadian interests.
China’s current economic crisis could worsen if Trump follows through on upping tariffs.
As the US looks further inwards, the rest of the world must learn to work together and forge new routes to prosperity and climate goals.
India’s Modi may be betting on Trump’s return to the White House to build on their existing relationship.
The recent World Trade Organization conference in Abu Dhabi has again failed to resolve any of the big issues on the table. Power relations rather than rule-based negotiation will fill the void.
Adopting more environmentally conscious farm models would safeguard our agricultural exports, cut emissions and help protect nature.
Rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership would boost trade in Southeast Asia, counter China and help show the world the US is back.
A formal resolution off Australia’s complaint about Chinese barley tariffs will likely take years. But at least it starts a structured process for dialogue.
A recent Lowy COVIDpoll has the Australian public disappointed in America and China’s response to the coronavirus crisis
French wine is the subject of an ongoing trade dispute between the US and EU, but tariffs could have impacts not intended by US president Donald Trump.
New Zealand is in the process of negotiating a free-trade agreement with the EU. Agriculture is likely to become an issue because it is heavily subsidised in Europe but not in New Zealand.
South Africa’s economic reforms of the 1990s were overdone, destroying some industries and thus impacting economic growth and job creation. A re-balancing of industrial policy is called for.















