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According to calculations by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy , possible EU tariffs on Chinese electric cars would result in noticeably higher purchase prices for electric cars. With tariffs...

CAMBRIDGE — It is common to think of US-China tensions as the inevitable result of stark differences between the two countries. The United States has a fully capitalist market economy, whereas the Chinese government keeps a strong hand on the economic tiller. For all its faults, the US is a democracy, whereas China is a single-party system that brooks no political challenge.

As well as massive cuts in social programmes, the president of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy is proposing an annual special fund of €150 billion for the military, financed through credit. Just as under the Nazis, such massive credits can only be repaid through the booty of imperialist wars of conquest.

Ignoring pressure from Washington, chancellor seeks Beijing’s embrace.

Looking at the economic impact of war on neighboring countries, including ones not part of the theater of conflict.

The first balls fly at exactly five minutes to twelve. The Swedish company Northvolt begins the construction of its Gigafactory for e-car batteries near Heide with a short interlude of this...

Current world order is authoritarian: The West is on the table; the rest of the world is on the menu.

As the most subordinate group within racial and gender hierarchies, Black women, like Hamer, have understood what it means to live without full citizenship and human rights.

Feb 19, 2024 // We think of U.S.–China tensions as the natural result of differences between the two countries. Increasingly, however, these tensions stem from increasing commonalities between the two, a shift that calls for China and the U.S. to rethink how they relate, writes Dani Rodrik.

True, tensions prevail. Yet, cooperation may be easier if both countries realize that their policies are neither too different nor necessarily harmful to each other.