Trump’s tariff tantrums
US President Donald Trump announced 25 per cent tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum imports on February 10, doubling down on his protectionist agenda to ‘boost’ the US economy through…
Trump and Pakistan
With Donald Trump assuming the presidency, the world order appears to be undergoing a seismic shift, with the US dismantling its foreign interference apparatuses – such as USAID – while…
The Trump doctrine: trade wars and tensions
The slew of political and economic measures announced by the Trump Administration has created an impression that the world is returning to an era of an insane protectionism and intense…
The coming Trumpistan
It has come around again: the baring of American imperial fangs, rule by executive orders, ‘America First’, callous pandering to the extreme-right, tariff threats, a transactional Manichean worldview, and the…
Trump’s ‘America first’ vow
The United States witnessed a historic moment on January 20, 2025, as Donald John Trump took the oath of highest office for his second term, promising to lead in a…
Trump’s first week orders and Pakistan
On Donald Trump’s inauguration day Western media was left struggling for headlines. His supporters focused on his anti-immigration executive orders, and his pledge to direct members of his cabinet “to…
Trump 2.0 and Pakistan
Donald Trump has taken oath as America’s 47th president (he was also its 45th) and issued a raft of executive orders, most of them related to domestic policies and politics.…
Budget, debt: Trump’s Treasury chief faces urgent challenges
President-elect Donald Trump’s new Treasury chief needs to hit the ground running once he takes office, tasked with rolling out his boss’s economic vision and grappling with the country’s debt…
Inauguration Day, Trump-style: What will happen?
Every four years America’s president is sworn in on Inauguration Day, whether newly elected or returning to office, in a long-established ceremony held amid pageantry shaped by the incoming leader’s…
Dollar rules as investors eye Trump’s economic policies
US President-elect Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House and fading hopes for aggressive interest rate cuts have driven the dollar to multi-year highs, and investors see this strength…
