Leon Hadar

This week’s visit will be the second meeting between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping this year, after Trump’s state trip to Beijing in May.

The Trump-Xi summit will be a maintenance check, not a breakthrough

2026-09-21T06:27:32.000Z
Fans of the genre have their own rituals, such as refreshing stock tickers the way teenagers once refreshed ticket-sale websites. 
THE BROAD VIEW

The new rock stars: a field guide to AI celebrities in 2026

2026-09-11T23:15:00.000Z
At Jackson Hole last month, Warsh delivered the most consequential seven minutes of his young chairmanship.
THINKING ALOUD

Warsh is talking like a hawk. But he might not be ready to deliver a rate hike

2026-09-09T23:00:00.000Z
Venezuela’s reserves have sat largely undeveloped for two decades under a state oil company hollowed out by mismanagement, sanctions and capital flight.

The Venezuela oil deal: Historic win or deferred reckoning?

2026-09-03T07:00:00.000Z
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has announced new sanctions on close to 60 entities, individuals and vessels tied to Iran’s oil-revenue and weapons-procurement networks.

US sanctions on Iran won’t splinter Washington’s trade truce with Beijing

2026-09-02T23:00:00.000Z
The US Capitol in Washington, DC. A widely cited academic model for the coming US midterm elections predicts a loss of 28 seats for the Republicans.
THINKING ALOUD

Data points to big Republican losses in 2026 midterms

2026-08-31T23:00:00.000Z
According to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Trump administration wants a say in Canada’s trade negotiations with other countries.

Will the US-Canada tariff war irrevocably damage bilateral ties?

2026-08-26T23:00:00.000Z
Scott Bessent, US Treasury Secretary, pairs the debt milestone with a buyback announcement clearly timed to reassure markets.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Why Bessent’s bond buyback programme should worry us

2026-08-24T23:00:00.000Z
The blockade and the on-again, off-again closure of Hormuz have kept a choke point for roughly a fifth of global oil supply in a state of chronic disruption.

Neither the US nor Iran is blinking in their economic brinkmanship

2026-08-18T23:00:00.000Z
Upon taking office, Donald Trump (above) repealed former president Joe Biden’s AI executive order which regulated the safety of the technology’s development.

Which AI camp has Trump’s ear now?

2026-08-13T23:00:00.000Z