China-Italy Agreement: A Defeat for the G7?
Italy is set to sign an agreement with China on 23 March at Villa Madama at the close of President Xi-Jinping’s visit. An agreement that is sending shock waves across Europe and America. It would make of Italy the first
Our Outer Space Future: Is There a Better Way Out?
On 2 January 2019, the People’s Republic of China successfully landed its Chang’e 4 probe on the far side of the moon. A historic achievement for China, but significant in what it implies for the future of outer space in
G20 Surprise Show: Truce with China, Summit Shaped by Europe
The big news from the G20 meeting that just closed in Buenos Aires is the 90-day truce in the U.S.-China trade war that has rattled financial markets and threatened global growth. The smaller news is that Trump did not pull
The Future: America vs. Eurasia
How will the future play out? Will Europe follow America’s example and sink into nationalist populism that will inevitably tear apart the European Union and open the way to Trump’s divide-and-conquer America First strategy? Will America’s trade war with China
Trump’s Hold on International Trade and Finance
The midterms handed the House to the Democrats but not the Senate, despite receiving some 12 million votes more than Republicans in Senate races. As a result, Trump’s ability to pursue his conservative agenda is largely crippled. But where he
China and South America: The Pacific Alliance
Since 2011, the South American neighbourhood has concocted a novel regionalist scheme, the Pacific Alliance (PA). Oriented towards motivating deeper trade and investment relations with Asia through intergovernmental understanding – while avoiding any sort of supranationality or requirement to (partially) give up sovereignty,
Kering: How a Global Luxury Group Becomes a Sustainability Leader
Kering, a global luxury group with an array of major brands from Gucci to Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta, some 29,000 employees and annual revenues exceeding €10 billion, has positioned itself as a world-class leader in sustainability. Under the guidance
Trump’s Trade Wars: The End of American Supremacy?
Today Trump opened another battlefront in his trade wars, with duties slammed on Chinese goods worth $34 billion. Expect China to retaliate with counter tariffs on US imports. China’s commerce minister was quick to announce: “China promised to not fire
Trade War with China: Who Wins?
We are now facing an escalating trade war between the US and China - started by the US. The question is: can the US win? And what will it cost the world? It is worth listening to Carlos Gutierrez, co-chairman at
Trump Watch: Trade Wars to “Make America Great Again”
June 15 was a special day for Trump - good old television unexpectedly displaced his tweets. Two televised events gave him ample room to rant about fake news and push for his favorite justification for trade wars: resentment at "unfair
TRUMP WATCH: JOINING THE TRADE PACT AGAINST CHINA?
Trump just woke up to the complexities of international trade. And how to push China into a corner. In the middle of his trade war with China, he has suddenly caught on to the TPP, the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership: a clever
TRUMP WATCH: DEFYING CHINA ON TRADE
In a single tweet on 5 April, Trump gave a double whammy: against China, reminding everyone that he’s fighting China on trade, and against Amazon’s "chief lobbyist”, the hated "Fake News Washington Post": The Fake News Washington Post, Amazon’s “chief lobbyist,”