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Trade Wars Are Class Wars wins $15K Lionel Gelber Prize for books on global affairs Author Matthew C. Klein is shown in a handout photo. A book tracing the origins of todays trade wars has won the Lionel Gelber Prize. Jurors awarded the $15,000 honour on Tuesday to "Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace." THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Matthew C. Klein MANDATORY CREDIT April 20, 2021 - 10:12 AM A boo...

This years winning title was written by Barrons economics commentator Matthew C. Klein and Peking University finance professor Michael Pettis. The authors argue that modern trade conflicts are often the product of decades of domestic policies that have exacerbated economic inequality. Jury chair Janice Gross says in a statement that the book serves as a warning that the imbalances of the global economy are unsustainable. Presented by the University of Torontos Munk School of Global Affairs and ...

Winnipeg Free Press By: The Canadian Press A book tracing the origins of todays trade wars has won the Lionel Gelber Prize. A book tracing the origins of todays trade wars has won the Lionel Gelber Prize. Jurors awarded the $15,000 honour on Tuesday to "Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace." Author Matthew C. Klein is shown in a handout photo. A book tracing the orig...

Share this article Share this article TORONTO and WASHINGTON, March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Sara Charney, Chair of the Lionel Gelber Prize Board, announces the shortlist for the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize: Killer High: A History of War in Six Drugs by Peter Andreas  Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum Trade Wars are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace by Matthew C. Klein and Michael Pettis I...

President Biden sought to turn the page on the Trump administrations "America First" ethos in a speech to the Munich Security Conference where he tried to repair frayed ties with European allies.

Listen • 3:37 President Biden speaks from the East Room of the White House to virtually address the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday. Updated at 12:45 p.m. ET President Biden on Friday sought to turn the page on former President Donald Trumps "America First" ethos, declaring "America is back" and vowing to rebuild trust with European allies by working on challenges like arms control, COVID-19 and climate change. It was Bidens first speech since taking office...

Updated at 12:45 p.m. ET President Biden on Friday sought to turn the page on former President Donald Trump's "America First" ethos,

President Biden sought to turn the page on the Trump administration's "America First" ethos in a speech to the Munich Security Conference where he tried to repair frayed ties with European allies.

Jan 17, 2021 WASHINGTON/LONDON – America’s relationships with its core democratic partners are set to rebound dramatically after President-elect Joe Biden takes office. Allies in Europe and Asia relish the prospect of an American president committed to adhere to democratic traditions at home, honor strategic commitments abroad and be a team player. Solidarity among the world’s democracies is especially important when it comes to standing up to China. But the European Union’s de...

- Charles Kupchan, a member of the National Security Council under President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama, is Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and the author of “Isolationism: A History of America’s Efforts to Shield Itself from the World.” - Peter Trubowitz, Professor of International