<gu-island name="KnowledgeQuizAtom" priority="critical" deferuntil="visible" props="{"id":"75bfad1e-dbaf-4e95-b266-c3bccb09a1ea","questions":[{"id":"fbdcaee2-e8f7-4531-9eeb-6190273386af","text":"Which of these is a real question from an actual supposed journalist in the Oval Office during the Trump/Zelenskyy meeting/ambush in February?","answers":[{"id":"b9118429-13c3-46f9-bd35-59600062cbf2","text":"“Do you own a suit?”","revealText":"Brian Glenn, chief White House correspondent for the conservative cable network Real America’s Voice (and boyfriend of Marjorie Taylor Greene), joined the pile-on on Zelenskyy by asking the Ukrainian president: “Why don’t you wear a suit? You’re at the highest level in this country’s office, and you refuse to wear a suit … Do you own a suit? … A lot of Americans…
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Era of free trade and investment is over, Canada’s PM tells Apec summit
The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has warned that the era of free trade and investment that formed the foundations of the postwar global economy has ended. In a stark message to Asia-Pacific leaders at the Apec summit in South Korea on Friday, Carney said rules-based open trade no longer worked in a global economy that was undergoing one of its most profound periods of change since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. “The old world of steady expansion of rules-based liberalised trade and investment, a world on…
The Guardian view on Trump and China: stepping back from the brink, but not solving problems | Editorial
The diverging verdicts offered by the Chinese and American leaders after their talks in South Korea on Thursday reflected more than the chasms between their personal styles and political cultures. Donald Trump gushed about an “amazing” meeting, scoring it 12 out of 10; Xi Jinping reportedly noted that a consensus had been reached, with the two sides needing to finalise follow-up steps rapidly. Mr Trump’s usual trade approach – shout loudly and wave a big stick – faltered when Beijing raised its own bludgeon. No tribute of gold crowns or…