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When the levy doesn’t break: a trade-war world adjusts

13.03.2025
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The Trump administration’s dedication to tariffs now seems more fervent than the first time around. Markets are noticing. We ask what might temper the trade war. Europe’s once-fringe hard-right parties are now leading polls, even if not yet leading governments; we look at where things are headed (). And tackling the mythology behind people’s very first and very last words ().


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