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Putin would hate President Bernie Sanders

The Russian autocrat may support Sanders, but Sanders definitely doesn’t support him

By Michelle Goldberg

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North America

Trump walls of China

North America's 'NAFTA 4.0' promotes workers' rights, environmental protection – and reduces China's regional influence

By Sandra Weiss

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Foreign and security policy

Just a left-wing ‘America First’?

Trump's Democratic challengers aren’t offering any coherent and genuinely internationalist alternatives to his foreign policy

By Claus Leggewie

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Future of social democracy

What’s at stake in the Democratic primaries

While the Democrats differ less on policy than one might think, they do have opposing ideas on how to win against Trump

By Sheri Berman

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Trump is abusing his tariff power, too

Donald Trump abuses US trade policy for his own interests and without the approval of Congress. That's definitely illegal

By Paul Krugman

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Who can defeat Trump?

Sanders, Biden, Warren? With the race in Iowa too tight to call, there's just one winner so far: American social democracy

By Harold Meyerson

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Trump gets his trade deal, China gets the win

China has suffered short-term pain from the trade war, but it stands to gain in the long term

By Eswar Prasad

Reuters

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Elizabeth Warren’s bold ideas don’t go far enough

What America needs are policies to shape the direction of technological development and restore workers' bargaining power

By Daron Acemoglu

Reuters

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Trump’s bad. Sadly, he’s not alone

How Washington's climate of confusion and cynicism allows Trump to prosper

By Maureen Dowd

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GDP is broken, but we can fix it

The statistics keep on rising, but they don’t track the well-being of most Americans. It's time for an adjustment

By David Leonhardt