Worlds Apart
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Erik Jones, director of European and Eurasian studies at Johns Hopkins University on European unity in the Skripal case
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‘We could have a nuclear war by accident’ Professor Gerhard Mangott of the University of Innsbruck analyses Moscow-EU relations
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‘Fidel trusted me’: Jon Alpert, American filmmaker on Cuba documentary he filmed for 45 years
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‘The US is disregarding its allies’ – Jarrett Blanc, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for Intl Peace on US pull-out from Iran deal
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‘The Americans are parents, but we say: We’re off to college’ – The Philippines Secretary of Foreign Affairs
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‘Who is going to take care of Jerusalem? Us or Hamas?’ An interview with Dore Gold, Israeli diplomat
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‘The US trade policy is a mess’ - Brahma Chellaney from the Center for Policy Research
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‘The US is using racket diplomacy to promote their interests’ – former French foreign trade minister
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‘Italy is a perfect storm for populism in Europe’ - Paolo Magri, director of the Italian Institute for International Political Studies
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‘You need Russia if you want peace in the Middle East’ – ex-Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel
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British media personality Katie Hopkins on Putin, London’s mayor and multiculturalism
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Propaganda exercise or attempt at democracy? – Vyatka State University assistant professor Samantha Lomb on Stalin’s constitution
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‘Iran is the main destabiliser in the region’ – Israel’s ex-Deputy FM Daniel Ayalon
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‘Migration is necessary’ – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
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‘Sport is what brings people together’ – Russian hockey legend Viacheslav Fetisov
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Columbia University Professor of Economics Arvind Panagariya on US trade war
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‘Football connects people’ – Legendary Croatian footballer Davor Suker
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‘Views about women’s rights are changing in Afghanistan’ – Afghan MP Fawzia Koofi
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Internet of Things Council founder: Internet of the future, benefits and challenges
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Meir Javedanfar: America abandoning the Iran deal was, ‘a wrong move’
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'The United States is on the declining part of the life cycle curve" – Ichak Adizes, author and management consultant
Columbia University Professor of Economics Arvind Panagariya on US trade war
The trade tariffs that the US has allegedly imposed to protect its national security interests have prompted its long-time allies and trade partners to retaliate in kind. Arvind Panagariya, professor of economics at Columbia University, talked about American protectionism and the escalating trade tensions.
Unleashing tariffs is “certainly not the longstanding practice by the US,” Panagariya said. “This is a new game the US has initiated.” If President Donald Trump “continues on the current path, what we would do to this trading system is only damage it in a major way.”
It is “a huge backtracking” on the part of Washington, as it is the liberation of commerce which “gave the lead in establishment of current multilateral trading system.”
Panagariya noted that “your own tariffs also do hurt you and you don’t want to carry it too far.” He added that “part of the persuasion has to come from within the US,” from the American industries that use imported steel and aluminium.
There is “some element” regarding the trade dispute’s consequences that “have not been thought through hard enough, but some of it may also be posturing,” Panagariya said. “President Trump, coming from the business world, believes in cutting a good deal for himself.”