Varoufakis on Trump’s Trade Shock and Impact on Europe and Greece

Varoufakis on Trump’s Trade Shock and Impact on Europe and Greece

“Trump’s tariffs shock is the death knell of the European economic model,” Varoufakis says. Credit: Chicago Council of Foreign Affairs, cc2/Flickr Former Greek Economy Minister Yanis Varoufakis sheds light on Donald Trump’s recent actions on trade and their profound implications, particularly for Greece and the broader European Union. In the wake of  Trump’s presidency, Europe finds itself grappling with a new economic reality, one it struggles …

Episode 35 of the Sceptic: Fred de Fossard on Trump’s Tariffs, Sam Bidwell on Muslim Sectarianism and Mario Trabucco on Why the Elgin Marbles Belong in Britain – The Daily Sceptic

In Episode 35 of the Sceptic: Fred de Fossard on Trump’s Tariffs and the UK, Sam Bidwell on Muslim sectarianism and Dr Mario Trabucco on why the Elgin Marbles belong in Britain. The post Episode 35 of the Sceptic: Fred de Fossard on Trump’s Tariffs, Sam Bidwell on Muslim Sectarianism and Mario Trabucco on Why the Elgin Marbles Belong in Britain appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

One of Donald Trump’s worst fears is to project the image of a weak man. Surrender, never; turn back, ever. Ceder is, in the look of the U.S. president, for fragile presidents, not for him. But the markets yesterday sent him a crude and terrifying message to the White House, one that the government did not expect, and Trump had to do what he had promised just one day ago, with mockery and threats, that he would not: capitulate. With the announce…

Pedro Benítez (ALN).- To try to understand what is behind the immense global entanglement that President Donald Trump’s protectionist offensive against world trade has provoked, many have turned their eyes on who is behind it. It is Peter Navarro, one of the pillars of his “trade strategy” of Trump. Born [...] The post Who is Donald Trump’s tariff ideologist? was first published in ALnavio.

The United States' trade war with the rest of the world has turned into a war with China. Donald Trump has left a universal tariff of 10 percent in place, and additional tariffs on cars and metals will remain in place until upcoming trade talks, which will take place over the next 90 days. Markets in a state of carnage, Trump ends golden era of prosperity The Trump administration's turnaround on Wednesday caused Wall Street to post its biggest …

On the political economics and the history behind Donald Trump's tariff war - Politics JOE - Yanis Varoufakis

In this interview with Oli Dugmore, for Politics JOE, I had a chance to lay out – in around 30 minutes – the political economics and economic history behind Donald Trump’s tariff war. As I said to Oli, those of us who oppose Trump have a duty to understand what his team are up to and the huge precedent of their project in the form of the Nixon Shock of 1971. If we shirk that responsibility, and just portray Trump’s people as mere idiots, we are …