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Archives: Trade
![Only Putin is happy with Trump’s NATO Bull-in-China-Shop Catastrophe](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701013958im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/only-putin-is-happy-with-trumps-187x137.jpg)
![US Reputation under Trump Tanking, Costing Economy Billions](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701013958im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/us-reputation-under-trump-tankin-187x137.jpg)
US Reputation under Trump Tanking, Costing Economy Billions
By Daniel Korschun, Boryana V Dimitrova, and Yoto V. Yotov | (The Conversation) | - - U.S. News and World Report recently published its annual “Best Countries” ranking, based on how thousands…![Is China Now the Adult in the Room? Xi and Macron Consult](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701013958im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/is-china-now-the-adult-in-the-ro-187x137.jpg)
Is China Now the Adult in the Room? Xi and Macron Consult
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump preferred the Neofascist Marine Le Pen as president of France, who wanted to pull out of NATO and the European Union.…![Iran: Will Voters’ Economic Gloom Doom Rouhani’s Reelection Bid?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701013958im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/iran-will-voters-economic-gloom-187x137.jpg)
Iran: Will Voters’ Economic Gloom Doom Rouhani’s Reelection Bid?
By Nader Habibi | (The Conversation) | - - Markets breathed a collective sigh of relief after Emmanuel Macron won the French presidency. But there’s another vote this month that’s just as…![Iran Committed to Nuclear Deal, Opens Bonanza to European Investors](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701013958im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/iran-committed-to-nuclear-deal-o-187x137.jpg)
Iran Committed to Nuclear Deal, Opens Bonanza to European Investors
EurActiv | euroefe.es | translated by Sam Morgan | - - The head of the Iranian atomic energy agency (AEOI) said on Saturday (29 April) that his country will honour its commitments…![Merkel Had To Explain EU Trade To Trump ELEVEN TIMES](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701013958im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/merkel-had-to-explain-eu-trade-t-187x137.jpg)
Merkel Had To Explain EU Trade To Trump ELEVEN TIMES
Cenk Uygur | (Video News Clip) | - - "Trump has been bragging about what great chemistry he has with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks…![Forget the Tweets: The Impact on You of Trump’s Deregulation, Privatization of Everything](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701013958im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/forget-the-tweets-the-impact-on-187x137.jpg)
Forget the Tweets: The Impact on You of Trump’s Deregulation, Privatization of Everything
By Ali R. Abootalebi | (Informed Comment) | - - Beyond the campaign rhetoric and Twitter controversies over domestic and foreign policies, the question remains what actual policies the Trump administration is…![Why Trump’s Muslim ban is bad for business](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701013958im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/why-trumps-muslim-ban-is-bad-for-187x137.jpg)
Why Trump’s Muslim ban is bad for business
By Shainaz Firfiray | (The Conversation) | - - Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict immigration from seven countries has sparked widespread criticism from several quarters, including the business world. Not only…![Why the Great Wall of Trump will be a Costly Failure](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701013958im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/why-the-great-wall-of-trump-will-187x137.jpg)
Why the Great Wall of Trump will be a Costly Failure
David Cook Martín | (The Conversation) | - - Donald Trump tweeted on Jan. 6 that “any money spent on building the Great Wall (for the sake of speed), will be paid…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701013958im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/image-20170108-18659-1fbqo3l-187x137.jpg)
Exxon’s Rex Tillerson and the rise of Big Oil in American politics
Brian C. Black | (The Conversation) | - - “How Big Oil Bought the White House and Tried to Steal the Country” is the subtitle of a book that tells the story…![If he wins: The Coming Trump Market Crash & Great Recession](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701013958im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/if-he-wins-the-coming-trump-mark-187x137.jpg)
If he wins: The Coming Trump Market Crash and Great Recession
By Simon Johnson | (Project Syndicate) | - - WASHINGTON, DC – With the United States’ presidential election on November 8, and a series of elections and other political decisions fast approaching…![Why did UK leaving European Union hit your Retirement Account so Hard?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701013958im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/why-did-uk-leaving-european-unio-1-187x137.jpg)
Why did UK leaving European Union hit your Retirement Account so Hard?
By Andre Spicer | (The Conversation) | - - Despite reassurances that we shouldn’t listen to the experts, the financial markets have gone and behaved almost exactly as the experts predicted. Following…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701013958im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/image-20160506-32031-hk36w6-187x137.jpg)
Can Europe compete with China in post-Sanction Iran? Will the US Let it?
By Moritz Pieper | (The Conversation) | - - The cake is quite big, but everyone wants a slice. Italian prime minister, Matteo Renzi, visited Iran last month accompanied by business leaders…![Curtains for Trans Pacific Trade Deal? Greenpeace Leak Exposes Corporate Takeover](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701013958im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/curtains-for-trans-pacific-trade-187x137.jpg)
Curtains for Trans Atlantic Trade Deal? Greenpeace Leak Exposes Corporate Takeover
By Deirdre Fulton | ( Commondreams.org ) | - - The secret documents represent roughly two-thirds of the latest negotiating text, and in several cases expose for the first time the position…![Reinventing Saudi Arabia after Oil: The Prince’s $2 Trillion Gamble](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701013958im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/reinventing-saudi-arabia-after-o-187x137.jpg)
Reinventing Saudi Arabia after Oil: The Prince’s $2 Trillion Gamble
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, 30, the deputy crown prince of Saudi Arabia laid out his vision for Saudi Arabia on Monday in a…![The Chinese are Coming: First ‘New Silk Road’ Train reaches Iran’s Capital](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701013958im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/the-chinese-are-coming-first-new-187x137.jpg)
The Chinese are Coming: First ‘New Silk Road’ Train reaches Iran’s Capital
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In a sign of China's increasingly powerful role in Central Asia and the Middle East, on Tuesday a Chinese train arrived in Tehran…![The Surprising Reasons Oil Prices Keep Falling](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701013958im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/01/the-surprising-reasons-oil-price-187x137.jpg)
The Surprising Reasons Oil Prices Keep Falling
By Marcelle Arak and Sheila Tschinkel | (The Conversation) | - - Global stock markets have been in a tailspin this week. And the sinking price of oil received at least some…![Arabs Caught between Trump and ISIL: Casino Capitalism driving backward Identity Politics Worldwide](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701013958im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/01/arabs-caught-between-trump-and-i-187x137.jpg)
Arabs Caught between Trump and ISIL: Casino Capitalism driving backward Identity Politics Worldwide
Maged Mandour | ( OpenDemocracy) | - - Backwards looking politics is a malaise affecting both the west and east. It breeds violence as global elites clamber to maintain their grip on…![Investing in Iran after Deal? Be careful of doing business with the Revolutionary Guards](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701013958im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/10/investing-in-iran-after-deal-be-187x137.jpg)
Investing in Iran after Deal? Be careful of doing business with the Revolutionary Guards
By Mohammad M. Hedayati-Kakhki | (The Conversation) | - - The merest hint of a successful deal over Iran’s nuclear programme is enough to get people excited. And as the country emerges…![Trans-Pacific partnership raise the barriers for the access to affordable medicines](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701013958im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/10/trans-pacific-partnership-raise-187x137.jpg)