Richard Nixon ended the Gold Standard, Bill Clinton ratified NAFTA, and Donald Trump – no less ambitious in his aims – today ...

For weeks, the US president has insisted it would be a matter of “whatever they charge us, we charge them”. But it has become clear that isn’t what’s going on.

There is one framework for understanding Donald Trump’s economic agenda. Its aim is to reset the global financial and trading ...

This is an incredibly fast-moving story, to the extent that by the time you read this, the latest decision or news on tariffs between the US and its North American neighbours (not to mention China ...

Trade and political tensions between the United States and its immediate neighbours, Canada and Mexico, are at historic highs, raising fears of ...