The U.S. trade deficit is growing worse as the U.S. dollar stays strong and the economy stands out from many others. This trend will eventually feed back into presidential campaign politics and the anti-Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) rhetoric. Fixing U.S. Trade Policy The U.S. trade deficit is growing worse (see graph below) as the U.S. dollar stays strong and the economy stands out from many others. This trend will eventually feed back into presidential campaign politics and the anti-Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) rhetoric. Janan Ganesh of the Financial Times resigns himself that the new two-tiered economy will keep a third of the populace cranky with complaints over income inequality and, consequently, immigration. He says government...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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