Commentary: Trump may trigger a more worrisome form of stagflation

Commentary: Trump may trigger a more worrisome form of stagflation

Pandemic disruptions seem quaint compared to the fundamental reordering of global supply chains sparked by Trump's “America First” protectionism, says US economist Stephen S Roach.

Trump’s Trade Whiplash Sinks World Into Dreaded ‘Uncertainty’

The world’s finance chiefs flocked to Washington this week to see up close how President Donald Trump’s effort to overhaul the global economic order is shaking markets and eroding growth.

Imperialist Decline, Economic Nationalism, and the Coming Storm: Why the Filipino People Must Pay Attention

By Manananggol Para sa Katarungan (MAKATA)Bulatlat.com The aggressive posturing of Donald Trump—manifested in trade wars with former allies, attacks on NATO, flirtations with authoritarian regimes like Russia, and the dismantling of key state functions—should not be dismissed as mere erratic behavior. These are the convulsions of a declining imperialist power grappling with internal contradictions that monopoly capitalism can no longer resolve. …

Trumps Influence on Global Economic Policy: A Shift in Priorities and Perspectives on the U.S.

L-R: CNBC presenter Sara Eisen, UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves, German Finance Minister Joerg Kukies and IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva at the IMF spring meetings.…

There have been substantial changes to the game board of the capitalist system. This is evident. The emergence of the new president of the United States, Donald Trump, on the international stage has unsettled the world's political leaders, especially—but not exclusively—those in the Western world. Things would have remained the same if the change had been limited to a variation in the color of the pieces or a transformation of their very composi…

Today, every movement in Washington, Beijing or Brussels has had an impact on the markets of Buenos Aires, São Paulo or Johannesburg with unprecedented speed and intensity.And if anything has become clear since Donald Trump returned to the White House, it is that we are entering a stage of accelerated global disruption.The economic balance that dominated the last decades is fractured, geopolitics are reheated, and investors are beginning to retr…