Trump and the climate
The year 2024 was the warmest on record. The average global temperature was 1.6C above the pre-industrial average.This is the moment Donald Trump has chosen to pull the United States…
Philippe Waechter's blog
Europe’s dependence on America
Donald Trump is now in the White House. The MAGA (Make America Great Again) slogan he carried throughout his campaign could be translated as “me first.” It is a vision…
Donald Trump takes office on January 20
Post-World War II institutions created rules for the functioning of global society in order to generate a form of coherence in the face of complex situations. The half-century that had…
From Yesterday to Today – November 2 – The American election at the heart of the global equilibrium
The American elections are in the midst of a recession. In the past, this economic dimension of the election has always changed the color of the tenant of the White…
Voodoo Economics
I am thrilled to report to you that our economy is the best it has ever been (Trump’s 2020 State of the Union Address) This sentence starts one the first…
Uncertainty on trade dynamics takes over from risk
The United States’ unilateral economic policy is generating major uncertainties on world growth and casting severe doubt over institutions and trade. Hefty risk perception was a key feature of 2019, as the White House’s trade war and systematic reprisals from China fueled the prospect of a watershed…
A very relevant column on the new stages of the trade war
This column, “The Case Is Only Growing for an Economic Forever War”, by Shawn Donnan, was posted on the Bloomberg website. President Donald Trump’s trade war with China has become…
Impeachment – The future is not written
According to Rolling Stones, 55% of Americans support the possibility of an impeachment of Donald Trump. If this situation is confirmed by other polls, the choices of Republicans in Congress will…