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How the US should handle China’s high-tech ambition

President Donald Trump’s handling of the trade relationship with China poses a threat both to the US and to the world economy — but even his harshest critics agree with him on one thing. China’s bid to dominate the high-tech industries of the future often bends or breaks the rules of liberal international commerce, and needs to be checked. What’s ...

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Finland’s basic income experiment was too timid

KELA, the Finnish social security agency, has failed to secure the funding it needs to extend its universal basic income experiment beyond this year. Although it’s sad that this grand leftist idea is suffering another setback, Finland’s trial effort deserved its fate. Before the experiment was approved by the government in 2016, KELA officials talked of paying 800 euros ($974) ...

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Gas mileage standards won’t fix climate change

Ford Motor Co. plans to largely give up selling cars in North America, focusing instead on trucks and SUVs. The only sedans in its future lineup will be the Mustang and a crossover version of the Focus. Meanwhile, the Donald Trump administration looks likely to roll back the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFÉ) targets set by its predecessor’s Environmental Protection ...

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