Economy

OPINION: Carney courts India and Manila; he is buying insurance, not a spare America

Mark Carney set a deadline in New York on September 22, 2026. Trade negotiations with India should wrap up by the G20 summit on…

ANALYSIS: Five of nine key Senate races border Canada, and Trump’s tariffs weigh on them

Stacks of Canadian lumber in a lumberyard in Livonia, Michigan. The photo was taken in August. The Los Angeles Times ran it on September…

ANALYSIS: Taiwan Puts NT$1,122.5 Billion Into Defence, Over 3% of GDP — While Beijing Calls It a Charade

Hold that number for a moment, because it marks the crossing of a threshold no one on the island has ever crossed before. For…

REPORT: Washington Sends $26.5 Million to a Shattered Colombia, but Keeps Its Tariffs on the Rubble

Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in on August 7.

ANALYSIS: 37 to 36 — Trump loses the economy, the one ground he never lost, three months before the vote

One single percentage point, between the two parties, on the question that makes and unmakes American presidencies.

OPINION: China’s $28 Billion US Surplus Is Shrinking, but Its Trade Map Is Spreading

FACT CHECK: Fico’s Moscow Talk Is Real, but the Defence Data Are From 2025

The strongest defence-spending claim in the available record is dated late August 2025: Robert Fico said Slovakia would stay at NATO’s 2% of GDP…

INVESTIGATION: 28 Civilian Ships Hit in a Month, the Black Sea's Chokehold

Between June 20 and July 20, 2026, Russia struck 28 civilian vessels, causing 21 deaths, according to Odesa prosecutors cited by The Washington Times.…

EDITORIAL: New U.S. Tariffs Cement a Sweeping Tariff Turning Point

At the end of this cross-check, the real story is not an August 1 deadline — which the available sources do not confirm —…