THE ECONOMIST

Ultimate threat to trade

9 years ago

COMMENT: We live in a new global reality where diplomacy is practiced via Twitter if we are to believe President Trump and the Lithuanian Prime Minister. This is, in my view, a very sad state of affairs with Twitter driving populism globally. Today, there is truth and alternative truth; in the old days it used to be just plain lies, writes Ben Hackett.

Shout out: too much protesting is bad for consumer spending and consequently trade. Credit: Matthew Lenard

COMMENT: We live in a new global reality where diplomacy is practiced via Twitter if we are to believe President Trump and the Lithuanian Prime Minister. This is, in my view, a very sad state of affairs with Twitter driving populism globally. Today, there is truth and alternative truth; in the old days it used to be just plain lies, writes Ben Hackett.