Famously (well, famously amongst those of us who have spent too many years negotiating on trade policy in Brussels anyway), the French tried to claim, after intensive lobbying from Danone, that yoghu… (View Post)

Because economic theory allows for tariffs in certain limited circumstances. When you are protecting infant industries (which America's aren't), when there are industries crucial to non-economic purp… (View Post)

I don't know if anybody is interested in going to Paris, Brussels or Amsterdam, but Eurostar currently has a sale on. £35 one way between now and early July on some inconvenient trains. Sale ends tom… (View Post)

You'd almost think that appointing political judges through a political process was a terrible idea. (View Post)

I don't quite agree that Trump is a moron. Nor do I think he's a genius. He's a man of fairly average intelligence - the "average voter" that Winston Churchill said was the worst advertisem… (View Post)