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No, Trump Is Not “Transactional”

NEW YORK: European Union trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič described the recent US-EU trade agreement in unvarnished terms. Agreeing to a 15% tariff on most exports to the United States and promising to purchase $750 billion worth of American energy over three years and to invest another $600 billion in the US (not including

The Left’s “Everything Struggle” Is Undermining the Climate Cause

Arguing that reducing greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions also requires abolishing capitalism, rethinking gender categories, and freeing Gaza is a formula for

Can Europe and China Forge a Climate Connection?

The announcement came a month after BYD, China’s leading EV manufacturer, launched its own ultra-fast charging system. In solar, too, the numbers

Europe’s Economic Surrender

By agreeing to 15% tariffs on most exports to the United States, the European Union has capitulated to Trump’s zero-sum

Fair Climate Finance Requires Debt Reform

NAIROBI: When delegates from around the world convened in Bonn, Germany, last month for the 62nd session of the United

Currency Dominance in the Digital Age

A disorderly run on US dollar stablecoins – privately issued digital tokens that are backed significantly by US Treasuries and

Reimagining Sustainable Development for a Fractured World

In 2015, world leaders adopted the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), outlining a shared vision for a more equitable, low-carbon future.

AI’s Corporate Shell Game Must End

As the global leader in AI, the United States plays an especially important role in shaping that future. But US

Hostages to War

Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza began as a justified response to the massacre of some 1,200 Israelis by Hamas on

COP30 Must Make Good on Past Climate Commitments

The United Nations Climate Change Subsidiary Bodies (SB62) in Bonn – the mid-year negotiations intended to lay the groundwork for