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BMW labour chief urges CEO to accelerate electric-car rollout

  Bloomberg BMW AG’s top labour representative offered a rare public rebuke of the company’s leadership, warning that the luxury-car maker risks falling behind rivals in the race to develop battery-powered cars. “Management has been slow to decide on investing in more electric models,” Manfred Schoch, who’s also deputy chairman of BMW’s supervisory board, said in an interview in Nuremberg, ...

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Americans need a respite from furiousness

  The Republican Party resembles the man who told his psychiatrist, “I have an identity problem, and so do I.” The party’s leader is at best indifferent to, and often is hostile to, much of the party’s recent catechism: limited government, the rule of law, a restrained executive, fiscal probity, entitlement reforms, free trade, the general efficiency and equity of ...

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What President Trump’s foreign policy will look like

Donald Trump proclaimed “America First” on his way to his head-spinning victory in Tuesday’s presidential election, and the success of that message will rock many foreign capitals where leaders have feared that Trump would alter the basics of U.S. foreign policy. Making predictions about Trump’s foreign policy is difficult, given his lack of experience. But the most likely bet is ...

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