Author: Mike Mish Shedlock

If you thought Trump would bully China into an agreement you thought wrong.

Trump proposes NAFTA by another name. But it won’t look like NAFTA. He wants tailored bilateral trade agreements.

The EU is targeting Google. Preliminary results show one part of the plan has backfired already.

PIIE estimates Trump tariffs will cost 195,000 to 624,000 jobs depending on how countries retaliate.

The GDPNow model is back in its typical pattern of reacting to economic news in a far more volatile manner…

I was quite fond of Necco wafers as a kid. Others compare the candy to chalk or drywall.

The Spanish parliament finally had enough of the corrupt regime of Mariano Rajoy.

Jobs exceeded expectations and the unemployment rate edged lower to 3.8% as the participation rate fell.

The FT says the political crisis is all but over. I suggest otherwise.

Trump has been itching for a global trade war ever since he took office. He just confirmed one.