TOI correspondent from Washington : Tariffs? What tariffs? In a resounding rebuff to US efforts to corral its manufacturing might and gargantuan growth, China announced a $ 1 trillion trade surplus with the world on Monday, leaving Washington, New Delhi, Brussels among others capitals wringing their hands. It is the first time in human history…
CHINA’S INDUSTRIAL might is hard to capture in numbers. The country accounts for more than 30% of global manufacturing, or more than America, Germany, Japan and South Korea combined. That figure understates the growing terror that Chinese-made stuff inspires in foreign competitors and governments alike. PREMIUM Flags flutter near Tiananmen Square ahead of the 80th…
Tariffs haunt the global economy once more. Washington under Donald Trump, driven by a potent mix of economic anxiety and political nostalgia, slapped high duties on imports from virtually every country, dreaming of smokestacks rising again across the Rust Belt. It was all about making America great again – MAGA. Many saw it as a…