You think my draft 'needs a little work'. I hate it with every fiber of my being. We are not the same.

China is of course a net creditor as a country while the US has a net international investment position deeply in the red.

Interesting, but kind of odd Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦 piece. (Featuring critical shout-outs to both my current and former employers!)

Key point he makes is that protectionism is on firmer ground if its purpose is national security not just growth/jobs.

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Oh, someone from the IEA on Politics Live? Other think-tanks are available, apparently - and some of them even contain folk who understand trade... any chance someone can add up the numbers?

Important piece by my colleagues on how the EU and Ukraine can work together to help Ukraine

Great thread explaining how the disaster of the UK housing market is multiple decades in the making (and mainly regulatory driven).

In an unexpected development, Europe's 'please please China whatever you do please don't impose tariffs in our agricultural products!' has been interpreted by China as 'yeah probably agricultural tariffs would work?'