1 week ago Trump is shaking down US trade partners – in a reverse Marshall Plan

In what Martin Wolf at the Financial Times called “pure gangsterism”, US President Donald Trump has extracted pledged investments of at least US$1.5 trillion from America’s trading partners. This amounts to the Marshall Plan in reverse. The scheme Washington initiated in 1947 essentially provided economic aid to Europe and later Japan. Of the US$13 billion provided, 90 per cent were grants. But in the US-Japan trade deal, seen as a political trophy for Trump, money will flow in the other...

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1 week ago In a reverse Marshall Plan, Trump is squeezing US allies for cash

In what Martin Wolf at the Financial Times called “pure gangsterism”, US President Donald Trump has extracted pledged investments of at least US$1.5 trillion from America’s trading partners. This amounts to the Marshall Plan in reverse. The scheme Washington initiated in 1947 essentially provided economic aid to Europe and later Japan. Of the US$13 billion provided, 90 per cent were grants. But in the US-Japan trade deal, seen as a political trophy for Trump, money will flow in the other...

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3 w. ago DeBriefed 26 September 2025: China leads new climate pledges; Trump calls warming a ‘con job’; What comes next

DeBriefed 26 September 2025: China leads new climate pledges; Trump calls warming a ‘con job’; What comes next  Carbon Brief

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3 w. ago China, the world’s worst polluter, is becoming an unlikely climate leader

China, the world’s worst polluter, is becoming an unlikely climate leader  The Globe and Mail

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3 w. ago What World Leaders Told Us About Trump, China and Climate Change

What World Leaders Told Us About Trump, China and Climate Change  The New York Times

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3 w. ago China vows 7–10% emissions cut as EU defends climate leadership

China vows 7–10% emissions cut as EU defends climate leadership  Euractiv

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3 w. ago China asserts green energy leadership, as Trump dismisses climate ‘con job’

China asserts green energy leadership, as Trump dismisses climate ‘con job’  The Washington Post

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3 w. ago China asserts green energy leadership, as Trump dismisses climate ‘hoax’

China asserts green energy leadership, as Trump dismisses climate ‘hoax’  The Washington Post

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3 w. ago China doubles down on climate, wind and solar pledges — a day after Trump called them a 'scam'

China doubles down on climate, wind and solar pledges — a day after Trump called them a 'scam'  Politico

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3 w. ago Super Typhoon Ragasa: scientists warn climate change leads to stronger storms

Super Typhoon Ragasa, which lashed Hong Kong and the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on Wednesday, has drawn warnings from scientists that climate change is making such storms more frequent. Benjamin Horton, dean of the school of energy and environment at City University of Hong Kong, said: “Climate scientists know better than anyone else that these events should not be happening at such regularity, so late in the season, of such intensity, of such high winds and of such big storm surges....

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