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“President Trump is taking bold action to hold Mexico, Canada and China accountable for their promises to halt illegal immigration and stop the flow of poisonous fentanyl and other drugs into our country,” reads a fact sheet published on the White House website on 1 February 2025. Library photo: Shutterstock (2024)
WORLD

Trump initiates a trade war America can’t afford

United States president Donald Trump’s new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China could spark a costly trade war, raising prices for American businesses and consumers.

Kangkan Halder • 04.02.2025
Luxembourg’s foreign minister, Xavier Bettel (DP), and the prime minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan, Tshering Tobgay, had already met in Luxembourg ten years ago. But everything has changed in Bhutan over the past decade. Photo: SIP / Emmanuel Claude
WORLD

Crypto-Bhutan: close but far away from Luxembourg

Thierry Labro • 30.01.2025
Kevin Thozet, member of the investment committee, and Pierre Verlé, head of credit, both at Carmignac, a fund firm with €34bn in assets under management. Photos: Carmignac; Montage: Maison Moderne
MARKETS

Bond markets will limit Trump’s economic plans, somewhat

Aaron Grunwald • 28.01.2025
“The United States is free to do what it wants,” says OECD secretary-general Mathias Cormann, “but work will continue with the companies and states that have signed these agreements.” Photo: Shutterstock
WORLD

Global tax agreement denounced by Trump, OECD puts things into perspective

Thierry Labro • 21.01.2025
Donald Trump wanted to show that he would act from day one. His executive orders, issued on 20 January 2025, leave no room for ambiguity. It remains to be seen how they will actually be implemented by the US administration. Photo: Shutterstock
WORLD

America First, OECD, WHO, teleworking: what we learned from reading executive orders

Thierry Labro • 21.01.2025
After problems in the United States, Tiktok is now the subject of a complaint by the activist group Nyob (None Of Your Business) for illegally transferring personal data to China. Photo: Solen Feyissa/Unsplash
WORLD

Tiktok, Aliexpress, Shein, Temu, Wechat & Xiaomi in the firing line

Thierry Labro • 16.01.2025
Global oil markets came under pressure this week after sweeping US sanctions on Russian oil producers, shadow fleets and related entities, driving crude to top $81 per barrel on Monday. Photo: Unsplash
WORLD

Editorial: Russian oil sanctions trigger a price spike

Kangkan Halder • 14.01.2025
The Luxembourg passport allows visa-free travel to 191 countries. Photo: Shutterstock
WORLD

Luxembourg passport remains among the best

Hugo Hirsch • 08.01.2025
With major American banks participating in the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, coal production in the US has fallen, but the profits of coal producers (and bankers) have soared, to the detriment of consumers, according to the Texas attorney general, who is waging a war against the UN initiative. Photo: Shutterstock
BANKS

US banks leaving Net-Zero Banking Alliance

Thierry Labro • 03.01.2025
During the most recent US presidential campaign, Donald Trump expressed a desire, among other things, to reshape regulatory bodies in a more market-friendly way. Photo: Shutterstock
BANKS

Financial deregulation: Europe on its guard

Guillaume Meyer • 16.12.2024
Ukraine: its future may be decided in about two months. Image and photo: Shutterstock
MARKETS

Grand plan for Ukraine may reveal Donald Trump’s real motivation

Sylvain Barrette • 11.11.2024
“My first feeling is that we are facing a challenge. When you are head of government, you must not worry, you must respond to situations that may arise,” was prime minister Luc Frieden’s (CSV) reaction to the election of Donald Trump. Photo: Ioanna Schimizzi/Paperjam
WORLD

Luc Frieden: “I’ll make sure our interests are defended”

Ioanna Schimizzi • 06.11.2024
Donald Trump will be the 47th president of the United States after his landslide victory over Democrat Kamala Harris. Photo: Shutterstock
WORLD

Donald Trump to be 47th president of the United States: reactions

Hugo Hirsch • 06.11.2024
Tom Barrett (US ambassador to Luxembourg), Colette Flesch, and Carin Lobbezoo (ambassador of the Netherlands to Luxembourg) at the US election watch party held at The Spot in Luxembourg City, 6 November 2024. Photo: Guy Wolff/Maison Moderne
WORLD

Ambassador Tom Barrett: US elections “an exercise in democracy”

Lydia Linna • 06.11.2024
Lombard Odier’s global chief investment officer Michael Strobaek (left) and chief economist Samy Chaar (right) discuss the implications of Donald Trump returning to the US presidency, including expected higher economic activity and inflation in the US amidst rising geopolitical and trade uncertainty, in a webinar on Wednesday 6 November 2024. Photos: Lombard Odier; Montage: Maison Moderne
WORLD

Trump’s victory to fuel US growth, but trade risks rise: analysts

Kangkan Halder • 06.11.2024
Americans went to the polls on Tuesday 5 November 2024 to vote for the country’s next president. Photo: Shutterstock
WORLD

US election results: Trump wins presidency

Lydia Linna • 06.11.2024
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