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Election Commission candidates' campaign teams canvassing in permitted areas outside the polling station in Hong Kong on December 7, 2025.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: Hong Kong citizens don’t want to vote, Japan-China tensions rise, Art stolen in Brazil & More

Trump, Xi, and the new US–China standoff
ask ian

Trump, Xi, and the new US–China standoff

In Ask Ian, Ian Bremmer notes that US–China relations are once again on edge. After Washington expanded export controls on Chinese tech firms, Beijing struck back with new limits on critical minerals. President Trump responded by threatening 100% tariffs, then quickly walked them back.

Are Trump's tariffs the end of the free trade era?
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Are Trump's tariffs the end of the free trade era?

Amid high tariffs, a flurry of new trade agreements, and a right-wing populist surge, America is rewriting the rules of the global economy and retreating from its role as champion of free trade. CNN’s Fareed Zakaria discusses the future of globalization on GZERO World.

​Smoke rises from Syria’s defense ministry in Damascus, Syria, on July 16, 2025.
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: Israel hits Syria’s military HQ, Trump rings up trade wins, Cuban minister resigns over denial

Israel struck Syria’s military headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday and continued to bomb areas of southern Syria where the Israel-backed Druze minority group is clashing with Bedouin tribes.

Graphic Truth: The Trump effect on Canada’s US-bound exports
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Graphic Truth: The Trump effect on Canada’s US-bound exports

​US President Donald Trump in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA, on May 30, 2025.
GZERO North

What We’re Watching: Trump doubles metal tariffs, Canada Liberals bid to secure the border, Wildfires spread

The US president doubled the tariffs on steel and aluminum, Liberals in Canada introduce a border bill, and wildfires spread across Canada – sending smoke south of the border.

There’s at least one area where Canada can thank Trump
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There’s at least one area where Canada can thank Trump

The US president’s trade war may finally push to Canada to cut its internal trade barriers.

US​ President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on May 8, 2025.
Analysis

Analyzing the US trade court’s ruling against Trump’s tariffs

On Wednesday evening, the US Court of International Trade ruled that President Donald Trump could not impose his “reciprocal” tariffs. GZERO spoke to Eurasia Group’s top analysts to assess what could happen next.

​A portrait of former US President Ronald Reagan hangs behind US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., USA, on May 28, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Judge jams Trump tariffs, Harvard fight moves into court, Canadian carriers cut US flights

Donald Trump’s tariff gamesmanship ran into a legal brick wall on Wednesday when the Court of International Trade ruled that he did not have the authority to impose sweeping “Liberation Day” import duties.

Then-Bank of England Governor Mark Carney shakes hands with then-Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing, China, on September 12, 2017.
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Canada faces a choice between the US and China

Questions lurk over how Mark Carney plans to engage with China, as the United States warns allies against dealing with Beijing.