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Trade war is too broad to turn on quick fixes

Count the straws in the wind, and it looks like the trade tensions between the US and China could be moving closer to a resolution. Don’t relax just yet, though. Beijing will delay by a decade some of the targets in its Made in China 2025 program to move into high-technology industries, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News ...

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For India, cost of a Modi victory may be too high

Many of us have long argued that, whatever its problems, India is one of the best long-term bets in the world for one simple reason: It has the sort of world-class institutions that can help build and sustain a genuine market economy. Sadly, many of those same institutions are being undermined by the country’s own leaders — most recently the ...

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China’s auto tariff retaliatory move looks like a lemon

China has capitulated on cars. Or so it may seem to trade-war watchers. A premature President Donald Trump tweet, a phone call between trade negotiators and then days later, China may be backing down on a key bone of contention: An elimination of retaliatory tariffs on US automobiles has been submitted to the State Council, people familiar with the matter ...

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