Le Pen’s Success isn’t Based on Xenophobia, but on Trade Policy

This article was first published by CapX. Yes, we get it. Marine Le Pen is a divider, a xenophobe, a dangerous nativist who’s willing to disregard individual rights of every kind to achieve her goal of Making France Great Again. She’s racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic. And you’ll delete us off social media if we even […]

Europe Learned Nothing from the Corn Law Disaster

This article is the translation of the script of my radio column for Radio 100.7 in Luxembourg, which can be found here. The United Kingdom’s protectionist Corn Laws of the 19th century were a disaster for the local industry, despite have the exact opposite intention. Europe is walking its footsteps.

The Czech Republic’s Strange Relationship To China

While the European Union was struggling to find a consensus for a trade agreement with Canada, one of its smaller member states, the Czech Republic, is tightening its relations with China. This has created a befuddling situation in which a Central European state known for beer and beautiful women experiences an internal political fight over Tibetan flags and […]