In response, both Canada and Mexico have announced retaliatory tariffs on key US industries, while Trump has vowed to impose āreciprocal” tariffs on āeverybody across the board.” Also Read: Truth or dare: Close the deficit in clarity over the impact of Trumpās tariffs Since no other country wields as much influence over the world economy…
US President Donald Trumpās recent declaration of English as the official language of the US may seem relatively benign. Most residents already speak English and a majority of immigrants are eager to learn it. Under most presidents, such a directive might have been largely symbolic. After all, 32 states already have English as their official…
In any word association test, āDiegoā would cue the name of football legend Maradona. But for elderly Indians, it recalls Diego Garcia, a geopolitical bugbear of the Cold War era, when India wanted the US to withdraw its forces from an air-base on a small island by that name in the Indian Ocean.Ā About 2,000km…
Elon Muskās companies may finally have cracked open the Indian market, though the reaction from US President Donald Trump shows the coalition heās constructed is more fragile than it appears. It wasnāt obvious to anyone whether Musk met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his recent trip to Washington as a businessman or as a…
Amid the deportation of illegal immigrants from the US, President Donald Trump has come up with a āgold cardā visa plan that will give immigrants a US green card with an eventual pathway to citizenship.Ā Also Read: Manu Joseph: America and the bearable loneliness of losing the West To get this card, one must cough…
The Earthās core might be shifting shape invisibly, as scientists suspect, but its surface is clearly in for the seismic shock of a geopolitical rupture. This week, the US under Donald Trump sent shudders across Europe with a stern message on the latterās security.Ā By asking its trans-Atlantic allies to fend for themselves, America might…
It doesnāt take an economic genius to pinpoint the allure of Chinese e-commerce giants. The rapid growth of platforms like Shein, PDD Holdingsā Temu and Alibaba Groupās AliExpress was never about the quality of their products, ethical supply chains, customer service, or even US consumerism and excess. Itās always been about their ultra-low prices. As…
Also Read: Mint Quick Edit | Trumpās at it again, sending mixed signals This a rudimentary game of āchicken,ā which is often referred to in āgame theoryā made famous by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern. Now, let us put names to the players. A is Donald Trump, who has made his intentions clear. B…
āI will have Elon Musk run out of here by Inauguration Day. He will not have a blue pass to the White House, he will not have full access to the White House, he will be like any other person,” he proclaimed in an interview with an Italian newspaper, where he also suggested that Musk…
This assessment, shared by many analysts, is best articulated by conservative columnist David Brooks.Ā Approval ratings for Trumpās promised policies exceed the proportion of people who voted for him.Ā Most Americans support strict action against illegal aliens, raising import tariffs, curbing immigration, cutting back support for Nato allies and reducing the size of government.Ā These…
