Finance & economics
Trump’s tariff pause brings investors relief—but worries remain
Amid market panic, he backs off his most extreme “reciprocal” tariffs
United States
The art of the delay
Trump’s trade war tests his trademark indifference to charges of incompetence and sowing chaos
Europe
Germany’s new centrist government is reassuring but bland
Friedrich Merz’s promises to transform the country have been scaled back
The world in brief
Donald Trump announced he would pause reciprocal tariffs for 90 days on countries that did not retaliate against his levies, but maintain a 10% universal tariff on American imports...
Stockmarkets rallied on the news...
Friedrich Merz said Germany was “back on track” after the Christian Democratic bloc agreed a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats...
A whistleblower from Meta told American senators that the tech giant ignored national-security concerns in order to build its $18bn business in China...
Europe should buy from Ukraine’s defence industry
And invest in it too
Britain’s parties cater to a voter who is, often literally, dead
To understand British politics, one must understand Dead Man
What your boss makes of your apology
Does it win you favours or hold you back?
“G20”, a rollicking new film, evokes an old ideal of America
It is outlandish in more ways than intended
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The Intelligence
Apple is the most exposed American firm in the global trade war
Money Talks newsletter
Understand the global economic upheaval caused by Trump’s tariffs
Tracking the presidency
How is America’s economy faring under Donald Trump?
Canadian poll tracker
Ahead of elections later this month, the Liberals are surging
Trump’s tariffs on China
Why China thinks it might win a trade war with Trump
The country’s officials vow to “fight to the end”
China’s shoemakers seem more sanguine than its politicians
A trade war will cause a lot of damage, but many have weathered storms before
How America could end up making China great again
A big beautiful opportunity
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Behind the franchise’s success—and the draw of dystopias
How the CIA smuggled Orwell and Le Carré into the eastern bloc
The agency’s most highbrow covert op
What does space miso taste like?
It should make the diets of astronauts more interesting
Edition: April 5th 2025
Ruination day: How to limit the global damage
How MAGA could help China
A big beautiful opportunity
Penalising Le Pen
Punish the offender without also punishing French democracy
Refugee-camp economics
In Dzaleka, Malawi, everyone receives $9 a month
George Foreman: boxer, preacher and griller
The two-time heavyweight champion of the world died on March 21st
Technology Quarterly: March 1st 2025
The age of CRISPR
Ida Emilie Steinmark explores whether it can deliver on its promise
- Can gene editing deliver on its promise?
- CRISPR could yet save millions of lives. Here’s how
- Epigenetic editors are a gentler form of gene editing
- Gene editing is already revolutionising research in the laboratory
- Eat your GE-greens
- Editing pigs, mice and mosquitoes may save lives
- Designing babies
- Gene editing can still change the world
- Acknowledgments
