NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is proposing to establish a fund of allied contributions worth $100 billion over five years for Ukraine as part of a package for alliance leaders to sign off when they gather in Washington in July. Allies are still discussing Stoltenberg’s proposal and any mechanics of the accounting, including whether to … Read more
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Eric Foucault is driving his hulking green tractor more slowly than he can walk. Shouting into his mobile phone above the cacophony of engines and horns, the farmer from south of Paris is one of 200 others clogging up the highway into the French capital. Foucault and his fellow protesters are restless, their list of … Read more
Donald Trump lost his London lawsuit against an ex-British spy after a court dismissed his claim linked to the notorious dossier about alleged ties between the Kremlin and the former US president’s successful run to the White House. The Republican Party frontrunner for this year’s presidential election sued ex-MI6 agent Christopher Steele and his Orbis … Read more
When Estonia’s much-fêted prime minister, Kaja Kallas, went to Washington in November, she didn’t just meet with White House officials. She also made sure to talk to key allies of Donald Trump. A month earlier, her foreign minister was in the heart of Trump country, thanking workers at a Lockheed Martin Corp. factory in Arkansas … Read more
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Annie Spurley, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student, has doubts about the economy heading into next year’s presidential election. The 21-year-old has had to work more bartending hours than she’d like with her coursework in order to pay her rent. “I’m a little bit more on the pessimistic side,” Spurley said while walking her dog in … Read more
I’m Chris Anstey, a senior editor in Boston, and today we’re looking at the fierce debate in economics over trade and immigration. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@bloomberg.net or get in touch on X (formerly known as Twitter) via @economics. And if you aren’t yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do … Read more
October 6, 2023 at 4:35 PM EDT US President Joe Biden touted powerful new jobs data as evidence that “Bidenomics” has driven America clear of the pandemic while maintaining employment at near record levels. Jobs unexpectedly surged in September—almost double what was expected—yielding yet more evidence of America’s remarkably durable labor market. Nonfarm payrolls increased … Read more