The World Seems to Be Surrendering to Climate Change
The scope of President Trump’s assault on the country’s climate ambitions, over just three months, is not just enraging but also perversely awe inspiring. In the run-up to the November election, conventional analysis suggested that a Trump victory …
How I Describe Myself Politically These Days
I struggle these days whenever someone asks me for my political affiliation. But if you really force me, I’d describe myself as a “Waymo Democrat.” Waymos are the self-driving electric taxis started by Google. My party’s bumper sticker would read, “A …
Trump Takes On Improbable Task in Seeking Trade Deals Across the Globe
The president’s threats of tariffs have brought countries like Japan, South Korea and India rushing to negotiate, but they have sown chaos with bigger trading partners like China.
U.S. Calls for Sweeping Reforms to I.M.F. and World Bank
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday called for major overhauls to the missions of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank but said that the United States remained committed to maintaining its leadership role at the global …
The Very American Roots of Trumpism
The Very American Roots of Trumpism The historian Steven Hahn puts Trumpism in the context of America’s long history of illiberalism.Listen · 1 hr 13 minThis is an edited transcript of an episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You can listen to the …
Big Law Firms Fighting Trump’s Blacklist Seek Quick and Permanent Relief
Two major law firms fighting President Trump’s assault on their business will appear in court on Wednesday with the aim of putting a decisive end to his retribution campaign against them. The two firms, Perkins Coie and WilmerHale, have asked the …
Investors Prefer the ‘Nice’ Trump, but Want Results
Global markets are rebounding as the president softened his protectionist rhetoric and his criticism of the central bank. But investors want to see results on trade.
Wednesday Briefing: A Downgrade in Global Growth
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The Trade Adviser Who Hates Trade
On a clear day last July in Miami, Peter Navarro emerged from four months in federal prison, where he’d been imprisoned for contempt of Congress. Mr. Navarro had refused to testify in an investigation of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, an action he …