It’s official. The US is now a rogue nation. It has started a trade war with the whole world. There is no, repeat no, trade war between countries going on in the world. It is between the US and all the other countries it trades with, including its closest allies since the Second World War. …
US Election – an economic perspective
The forthcoming US election is a momentous one. Many in the US argue that it is the most important US election in living memory for several reasons. Others abroad agree because who becomes President has enormous potential consequences not just for the US, but for the rest of the world. From an economic perspective, the …
Fantasy tax plans?
Headlines reporting new US tax plans were misleading. What we’ve got was little more than Trump’s wish list – a re-statement of promises made during his election campaign, comprising a proposal of radical changes to taxation in the US. In the broadest sense, an overhaul of the incredibly complex system of taxation in the US …