
Robert Delaney
North America Bureau Chief at South China Morning Post
North America bureau chief, @SCMPNews. Author of The Wounded Muse.
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3 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Robert Delaney
Major economies are beginning to work around the United States as Washington breaks away from the global trading rules that it established, witnesses told lawmakers on Wednesday, in a hearing called to assess how to restructure the US government to align economic and foreign policy goals.
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3 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Robert Delaney
Many Americans who came of age in the 1980s will remember when Honda Accords and Toyota Camrys became the preferred family vehicles, quietly replacing US models. When quality, reliability and price were factored in, patriotism was the only remaining reason to keep an American-made car on the driveway. Two high-school friends and I each got well-worn hand-me-down cars when we started commuting to college. Dave got a Ford Fairmont estate car, which he called “the hearse”.
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1 month ago |
scmp.com | Robert Delaney
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will meet with China’s top economic official later this week in Switzerland, both officials’ departments announced on Tuesday, signalling a starting point for negotiations over a tariff onslaught that US President Donald Trump has directed at Beijing, among other major trading partners.
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1 month ago |
scmp.com | Robert Delaney
The Liberal Party of Canada, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, will hold onto power in the country’s federal election, but was it was too soon to say whether they will form a majority government, Canadian media predicted on Monday. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster, said the Liberals will win more of Parliament’s 343 seats than the Conservatives, defeating populist leader Pierre Poilievre.
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1 month ago |
scmp.com | Robert Delaney
As of Sunday evening US Eastern Time, when this piece was being drafted, US President Donald Trump suggested that he is indeed considering a new sectoral tariff regime on smartphones, computers and other electronics that our lives depend on.
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“They’re going to be talking about the agenda and the process. They’re sort of setting the table for what would be a more formal negotiation,” said Evan Medeiros. “We’re at the beginning of the beginning.” Story by @markmagnier https://t.co/Qvx11Guw3N via @scmpnews

Trump’s tactics could backfire, uniting BRICS nations against his coercion, even if a BRICS-sponsored currency remains out of reach. Moreover, hefty US tariffs could accelerate currency multipolarity. https://t.co/KaLmPmlnQB via @scmpnews, @khushboo228, Igor Patrick

“Beijing is winning without fighting,” @LowyInstitute found, adding that China’s patience, pressure tactics and successful diplomatic strategy “could be a prelude to war”. Story by @SCMPNews's @markmagnier https://t.co/uFrjR1APTB