Trump’s focus on the goods of the past is ridiculous. What matters is competitiveness in the future

In just six months, the US president has made huge strides in advancing his agenda

Political responses to a bad situation tend towards either charlatanism or timidity

If the US wants to accelerate a worldwide discussion with a policy intervention, the obvious one would be a tax on capital inflows

Deals struck recently with the US, EU and India will not make a significant difference to Britain’s parlous position

How is it possible that a company with such huge resources, including artificial intelligence tools, cannot deal with this?

Trump’s unreliable America is throwing away the assets it needs

The trade deficits will remain roughly unchanged - the globe will just end up poorer

An economic renaissance is unlikely, not least because the US economy is very far from the disaster he proclaims it to be

There is a danger that animal spirits and the propensity to invest expire in a vicious downward spiral

Opportunities exist for the UK and its European neighbours, but they must grasp the nettle of economic reform

Are American pathologies the necessary price of economic dynamism?

The deal on financing agreed at Cop29 is too little, too late

It is so much easier to blame the disappearance of US jobs on China than on domestic consumers and automation

The UK chancellor should explain how her programme is going to work