If economic success doesn’t move voters in Poland, economic failure doesn’t move them in the UK. In today’s fractious politics, it is all about the tribe.
The Irish building materials firm claims it paid $9m “in excess” tariffs after the US Supreme Court struck down Donald Trump’s banner trade policy. It is taking legal action to claim the sum back.
Government support encompasses the old, the new, goods and services, micro and macro. Nothing Trump elicits in China will change this., writes Greg Ip, The Wall Street Journal.
The president’s reach for government stakes in private companies has business leaders scrambling, write Maggie Severns, Gavin Bade, Josh Dawsey and Meridith McGraw, The Wall Street Journal.
The controversial Mercosur trade deal now applies provisionally and has caused fierce splits but Irish MEPs are finding more common ground on new deals with India and Australia.
U.S. crude exports are poised to hit a record this month as more than 70 supertankers approach the Gulf Coast to load up on oil, write Collin Eaton and Benoît Morenne, The Wall Street Journal.
Friendly countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East are frustrated with President Trump but also reliant on the U.S. for their security, writes Yaroslav Trofimov, The Wall Street Journal.
Drugmakers or nations that strike pricing deals or make U.S. manufacturing investment commitments can secure lower levies, or be spared them entirely, write Gavin Bade and Xavier Martinez, The Wall Street Journal.
From red hats to hourglasses, from city streets to the Oval Office, the US is alive with signals of tension, humour, and frustration.
Two-way investment may act as a “Donald pleaser” but the core issues of tax and EU regulation are where Ireland is really promoting itself as a bridge to Europe for US business.
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