#Politics# | In August 2026, US President Donald Trump imposed 10%–12.5% Section 301 tariffs on major partners, including #China# and #ASEAN#. However, Dr. Lili Yan Ing, Secretary General of the International Economic Association, stresses that these tariffs will fail. Tariffs cannot fix US trade deficits—which hit $1.24 trillion in 2025—or inequality. Instead, passed-on costs will fuel US inflation, while 25 states are already suing the administration. Echoing Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, Ing advises "no deal," urging China and ASEAN to ignore demands, strengthen regional supply chains, and leverage tech advantages. @IEA_economics The full text: #GlobalTrade# #Economy# #US#

Politics has always been a game of competitive storytelling. Successful leaders — and successful demagogues — instinctively know how to sell voters narratives: hopeful visions of the future, apocalyptic warnings, enemies to fear, identities to embrace.

Uganda politics is getting interesting 😂🇺🇬 A man known for having 8 wives reportedly used his popularity to win a village chairmanship in Mukono. Here we vote who makes us happy

Identity politics has cooked Europe to the point that after a fight in Birmingham, the police arrested the white man immediately after he was assaulted, rather than the Black people who assaulted him. And to top it all off the police came out and asked us NOT to share the video…

THE POLITICS OF PRIVACY — a new book series on  #power#, #autonomy#, and #democracy# in the Digital Age. 
Featuring @naomibrockwell’s essay Nothing to Hide. 
 Presented and available at Neo-Cypherpunk Summit (Berlin, 14 June)